Multicultural nationalism
Subtitle: Islamophobia, Anglophobia, and devolution
By: Asifa Hussain and William Miller.
Contributors: Miller, William Lockley, 1943-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Pakistanis -- Scotland -- Social conditions -- 21st century.; Muslims -- Scotland -- Social conditions -- 21st century.; English -- Scotland -- Social conditions -- 21st century.; Multiculturalism -- Scotland.; Multiculturalism -- Political aspects -- Scotland.; Scotland -- Ethnic relations.; Scotland -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
Description: "This book is a study of how multiculturalism interacts with multinationalism, especially within post-devolution Scotland. It gives equal attention to Scotland's largest 'visible' and 'invisible' minorities: ethnic Pakistanis (almost all of them Muslim) and English immigrants. Rising Scottish self-consciousness could have posed a challenge to both these minorities. But in practice, potential problems have proved themselves to be solutions, integrating rather than alienating." "The book is based in part on large-scale surveys: of Pakistani and English minorities within Scotland, and of the majority populations in Scotland and England. But it is also based on systematic analysis of transcripts of focus-group discussions with minorities revealing the variety of opinion within minorities as well as the contrasts between them. In particular, it presents a unique account of how Scottish Muslims express their feelings in a time of crisis."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-210) and index.