As French as everyone else? : a survey of French citizens of Maghrebin, African, and Turkish origin / Sylvain Brouard and Vincent Tiberj ; translated by Jennifer Fredette ; foreword by Paul M. Sniderman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brouard, Sylvain.

Contributor:

Tiberj, Vincent.

Standardized Title:

Français comme les autres? English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--France--Attitudes.

Immigrants.

Muslims--France--Attitudes.

Muslims.

Social integration--France.

Social integration.

Emigration and immigration.

Social aspects.

France.

Emigration and immigration--Religious aspects--Islam.

France--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xviii, 131 pages ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2011]

Summary:

France is often depicted as the model of assimilationist or republican integration in the international literature on immigration. However, rarely have surveys drilled down to provide individual responses from a double representative sample. In As French as Everyone Else? Sylvain Brouard and Vincent Tiberj provide a comprehensive assessment of the state of integration in France by systematically comparing the "new French" immigrants, as well as their children and grandchildren born in France, with a sample of the French general population.

The authors' survey considers a wide range of topics, including religious affiliation and religiosity, political attitudes and political efficacy, value systems (including gender roles, work ethics, and anti-Semitism), patterns of integration, multiple identities and national belongings, and affirmative action. As the authors show, despite existing differences, immigrants of Maghrebin, African, and Turkish origin share a wide scope of commonality with other French citizens Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Are the New French More Religious and Less Laique? 9

All Muslims? 10

Are Muslims More Religious? 14

Can We Speak of a Re-Islamization in France? 17

Islam Is Not Part of a Retreat from French Society 19

Laicite: A Danger to or Protection for Muslims? 22

Church and State Relations 24

2 Integration into the French Political System 31

Confidence in French Democracy 31

Political Preoccupations 35

An Alignment with the Left 37

Leftist Chiracians? 44

Religion and Political Orientation 44

3 A Welfare Culture? 49

Liberty or Equality 51

Acceptance of the Rules of the Economy 51

Attitudes toward the Role of the State 53

Work and Success 55

An Omnipresent Culture of Material Success 57

Immigration, a Culture of Success 58

4 Women, Mores, and Homosexuality 61

The Less Authoritarian French 62

A France That Is Uncertain about Moral Order 62

No More Lax, No More Authoritarian 63

The More Conservative French 65

A Lower Level of Sexual Permissiveness 66

A Lower Level of Permissiveness in Most Social Groups 67

Religion and Permissiveness 69

Consequences of Lower Sexual Tolerance: Exogamy and the Veil 72

5 Racism and Anti-Semitism 77

The Less Racist French 78

Origin Is Not the Explanation 78

Impact of the Economic Situation 79

"Anti-Semitism of the Suburbs" in Question 81

Anti-Semitism among Only a Minority, But a Large Minority 81

Anti-Semitism of the New French 83

The Religious Factor 84

The Relationship between Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism: More Complex than Expected 86

6 Integration and Equal Opportunity 89

Assessment of and Vision for Integration 89

Support for Affirmative Action 93

Evaluation of Equal Opportunity Policies 97

7 What Identity/Identities? 99

Attachment to Country of Origin 100

Identification with the French 102

Racism, Identities, and Communautarisme 105

Minorities and Communautarisme: Danger or Fantasy? 107.

ISBN:

9781439902950

143990295X

9781439902967

1439902968

9781439902974

1439902976

OCLC:

676727588