Diaspora by design
Subtitle: Muslims in Canada and beyond
By: Haideh Moghissi, Saeed Rahnema, and Mark J. Goodman.
Contributors: Rahnema, Saeed, 1942-; Goodman, Mark J., 1941-
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780802097873; 9780802095435
Subjects: Muslims -- Canada; Muslim diaspora; Muslims -- Canada -- Statistics; Muslims -- Statistics; Muslims -- Research; Musulmans -- Canada; Diaspora musulmane; Musulmans -- Canada -- Statistiques; Musulmans -- Statistiques; Musulmans -- Recherche
Genres: Statistics; Statistiques
Other titles: Diaspora by design :
Description: "Few groups face as many misconceptions within their new countries as do Muslim immigrants. This book challenges the common misperceptions of Muslim immigrants as a homogeneous, religiously driven group, and identifies the tensions they experience within their host countries." "A comparative, multi-ethnic study based on over two thousand interviews, Diaspora by Design examines Muslim populations that have settled in Canada, Britain, Iran, and Palestine. Utilizing hard socioeconomic data as well as qualitative analysis, the authors show the remarkable diversity and divisions between Muslim immigrant populations along urban-rural, cultural, class, and gender lines. They argue that integration is a two-way exchange that requires a readiness on the part of the host society to remove barriers that prevent the full social and economic participation of immigrant populations." "Diaspora by Design provides an accurate and dynamic depiction of the lives of Muslim immigrants away from their homelands."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [202]-214) and index.