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British Muslim politics : examining Pakistani biraderi networks / Parveen Akhtar.
Van Pelt Library DA125.M87 A43 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Akhtar, Parveen, 1981-
- Series:
- Palgrave politics of identity and citizenship series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muslims--Great Britain--Politics and government.
- Muslims.
- Pakistanis--Great Britain--Politics and government.
- Pakistanis.
- Muslims--Great Britain--Social conditions.
- Pakistanis--Great Britain--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Politics and government.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 208 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- Summary:
- This book is the first comprehensive study of politics, participation and civic engagement in Pakistani Muslim communities in the UK. Written from an insider perspective, British Muslim Politics, offers a unique take on a demographic group that has been the subject of much public and policy concern in recent times. Arguing for a critical reappraisal of our views of 'Muslim' politics, the book takes a panoramic view of a decade that has seen many significant events shape the political practices of Pakistani Muslims in the UK (from the 2001 summer riots, to 9/11, to 7/7). For over a decade the author has been embedded as a researcher in the Pakistani community and has thus had access to people, places, narratives and stories that allow her to provide a comprehensive account of political processes affecting this community. British Muslim Politics is a refreshing look at how religion, ethnicity, people, and place shape contemporary politics. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Post-war Pakistani migration and settlement
- Politics of immigration and settlement politics: state responses, masculine corporatism and biraderi leadership
- Rushdie, the limits of biraderi politics and Muslim organisations
- Biraderis and biraderi-politicking in contemporary politics
- Changing identities and biraderi across generations
- Young Pakistanis in the public sphere: "new" community organisations
- From cultural religion to political Islam and back again.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137275158
- 1137275154
- OCLC:
- 852224769
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