Islamophobia in the West : measuring and explaining individual attitudes / edited by Marc Helbling.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Helbling, Marc.

Series:

Routledge advances in sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Public opinion.

Islam.

Muslims--Public opinion.

Muslims.

Islamophobia--Europe.

Islamophobia.

Islam in mass media.

Europe--Ethnic relations.

Europe.

Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

x, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Contents:

1 Islamophobia in the West: an introduction / Marc Helbling Helbling, Marc 1

Part 1 How to measure Islamophobia 19

2 Prejudice against Muslims: associations with personality traits and political, attitudes / Donald Ernst Ernst, Donald, Brian H. Bornstein Bornstein, Brian H. 21

Part 2 The scope of Islamophobia: public debates, attitudes and reactions 37

3 Assessing Islamophobia in Britain: where do Muslims really stand? / Erik Bleich Bleich, Erik, Rahsaan Maxwell Maxwell, Rahsaan 39

4 Attitudes toward Muslims in Norway / Zan Strabac Strabac, Zan, Marko Valenta Valenta, Marko 56

5 Islamophobia in Sweden: politics, representations, attitudes and experiences / Pieter Bevelander Bevelander, Pieter, Jonas Otterbeck Otterbeck, Jonas 70

6 Islamophobia in Spain? Political rhetoric rather than a social fact / Ricard Zapata-Barrero Zapata-Barrero, Ricard, Juan Díez-Nicolás Díez-Nicolás, Juan 83

Part 3 How to explain Islamophobia 99

7 An ecological analysis of the 2009 Swiss referendum on the building of minarets / Joel S. Fetzer Fetzer, Joel S., J. Christopher Soper Soper, J. Christopher 101

8 Islamophobia and its explanation / Henk Dekker Dekker, Henk, Jolanda Van Der Noll Noll, Jolanda Van Der 112

9 The aftermath of 9/11: tolerance toward Muslims, Islamophobia and value orientations / Jolanda Van Der Noll Noll, Jolanda Van Der 124

10 Political tolerance for Muslim practices: an intergroup perspective / Maykel Verkuyten Verkuyten, Maykel, Edwin Poppe Poppe, Edwin 137

11 Revisiting Islamophobia in contemporary Britain, 2007-10 / Clive D. Field Field, Clive D. 147

Part 4 Are Muslims different from other outgroups? ethnocentrism and terrorism 163

12 Islamophobia and the Band of Others / Kerem Ozan Kalkan Kalkan, Kerem Ozan, Eric M. Uslaner Uslaner, Eric M. 165

13 Think 'terrorist', think 'Muslim'? social-psychological mechanisms explaining anti-Islamic prejudice / Marco Cinnirella Cinnirella, Marco 179.

ISBN:

9780415594448

0415594448

9780203841730

0203841735

OCLC:

663951788