After Integration [electronic resource] : Islam, Conviviality and Contentious Politics in Europe /
Burchardt, Marian.editor.
Michalowski, Ines.editor.
The integration of Muslims into European societies is often seen as a major challenge that is yet to be confronted. This book, by contrast, starts from the observation that on legal, political and organizational levels integration has already taken place. It showcases the variety of theoretical approaches that scholars have developed to conceptualize Muslim life in Europe, and provides detailed empirical analysis of ten European countries. Demonstrating how Muslim life unfolds between conviviality and contentious politics, the contributors describe demographic developments, analyze legal controversies, and explore the action of government and state, Muslim communities and other civil society actors. Driving forces behind the integration of Islam are discussed in detail and compared across countries.   Content The book features theoretical perspectives on the legal, political, and social inclusion of Islam and case studies of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.   Target Groups Students and researchers in political science, sociology, migration studies, international relations and religious studies   The Editors Dr. Marian Burchardt is a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen.   Dr. Ines Michalowski is a researcher at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
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Forword; Contents; Contributors; About the Contributors; Part I Theoretical Perspectives and Cross-National Comparison; 1  After Integration: Islam, Conviviality and Contentious Politics in Europe; 1 Introduction; 2 From Guest Workers to the Homo Islamicus: Carving out Religious Citizenship; 3 Is there a Secularist Backlash in Europe?; 4 European Islam in Context; References; 2  Figurational Change and Primordialism in a Multicultural Society: A Model Explained on the Basis of the German Case; 1 Introduction; 2 The Culturalistic Understanding of Culture and Society
3 The Figuration of Ushers and Guests4 The Figuration of Insecure Ushers and Clients; 5 The Figuration of Weakened Ushers and Advancing Strangers; 5.1 The Formation of Hierarchical Divisions through Avoidance Behaviour; 5.2 How the Advancing Stranger Transgresses Hierarchy Divisions; 5.3 Transgressions and Group-based Hierarchy Conflicts; 5.4 Paternalists and Protesters; 6 The Figuration of Allegedly Incompatible Cultural Subjects; 6.1 The Cultural Subject; 6.2 Chief Witnesses; 6.3 Dialogue Actors; 7 The Temptations of Culturalization; References
3  Incorporating Muslim Migrants in Western Nation States -- A Comparison of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany1 Introduction; 2 Varieties of Secularism in European Nation-States; 3 National Policy Responses to Religious Claims of Recognition; 4 Human Rights and the Politics of Religious Recognition; 5 Conclusions; References; 4  Muslim Mobilization Between Self-Organization, State-Recognized Consultative Bodies and Political Participation; 1 Introduction; 2 Muslim Responses to the State-Islam Consultations; 2.1 Early Consultations: ``It's in the Qur'ân''
2.2 1989: The Rushdie and Headscarf Affairs2.3 After: Auditioning for the Role of ``Privileged Interlocutor''; 3 The Adaptation of Embassy Islam to State-Mosque Relations; 3.1 Embassy Islam Strikes Back; 3.2 Back to Square One?; 3.3 Morocco; 3.4 Turkey; 3.5 A Changed Playing Field; 4 Conclusion; References; 5  Institutional Change and the Incorporation of Muslim Populations: Religious Freedoms, Equality and Cultural Diversity; 1 Introduction; 2 Institutions and Institutional Change; 3 Islamic Presence and Institutional Change; 4 Financing of Houses of Worship
5 Protection from Hate-Speech and Blasphemy6 Concluding Observations; References; 6  Islam in Europe: Cross-National Differences in Accommodation and Explanations; 1 Introduction; 2 Comparing Levels of Accommodation; 3 Exploration of Explanations on the Accommodation of Islam in Europe; 3.1 Numbers and Time of Settlement; 3.2 State-Church Relationship; 3.3 Citizenship Regimes; 3.4 Colonial Regimes; 3.5 Supra-national Institutions; 3.6 Courts and Legal Systems; 3.7 Governments, (Party) Politics and the Populist Right; 3.8 Media and Public Debates; 3.9 Critical Events
3.10 Religious Field and Civil Society
Includes bibliographical references.
The integration of Muslims into European societies is often seen as a major challenge that is yet to be confronted. This book, by contrast, starts from the observation that on legal, political and organizational levels integration has already taken place. It showcases the variety of theoretical approaches that scholars have developed to conceptualize Muslim life in Europe, and provides detailed empirical analysis of ten European countries. Demonstrating how Muslim life unfolds between conviviality and contentious politics, the contributors describe demographic developments, analyze legal controversies, and explore the action of government and state, Muslim communities and other civil society actors. Driving forces behind the integration of Islam are discussed in detail and compared across countries.   Content The book features theoretical perspectives on the legal, political, and social inclusion of Islam and case studies of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.   Target Groups Students and researchers in political science, sociology, migration studies, international relations and religious studies   The Editors Dr. Marian Burchardt is a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity in Göttingen.   Dr. Ines Michalowski is a researcher at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
Political science.
Sociology.
Comparative politics.
Culture.
Emigration and immigration.
Political Science.
Sociology, general.
Comparative Politics.
Sociology of Culture.
Migration.