From multiculturalism to democratic discrimination : the challenge of Islam and the re-emergence of Europe's nationalism / Alberto Spektorowski and Daphna Elfersy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spektorowski, Alberto, 1952- author.

Elfersy, Daphna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims--Cultural assimilation--Europe.

Muslims.

Islamophobia--Europe.

Islamophobia.

Muslims--Socialization--Europe.

Muslims--Government policy--Europe, Western.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 467 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2020.

Summary:

The effect of Islam on Western Europe has been profound. Spektorowski and Elfersy argue that it has transformed European democratic values by inspiring an ultra-liberalism that now faces an ultra-conservative backlash. Questions of what to do about Muslim immigration, how to deal with burqas, how to deal with gender politics, have all been influenced by western democracies' grappling with ideas of inclusion and most recently, exclusion. This book examines those forces and ultimately sees, not an unbridgeable gap, but a future in which Islam and European democracies are compatible, rich, and evolving.

Contents:

Introduction: Civic Ideals and Muslim Integration: Liberalism, Discriminatory Enlightenment, and Cultural Recognition

Chapter 1. Neither Irreconcilable not Recognizable: Old and New Fears: The Roots of Mistrust

Chapter 2. United Kingdom: The Quest for Britishness and State-Centered Multiculturalism

Chapter 3. The Netherlands: From Religious Toleration to Fortified Secularity

Chapter 4. France: The End of French Republicanism? Vive la République!

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-472-12720-9