European Multiculturalisms: Cultural, Religious and Ethnic Challenges - Softcover

 
9780748644513: European Multiculturalisms: Cultural, Religious and Ethnic Challenges
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ISBN 10: 0748644512 ISBN 13: 9780748644513
Verlag: Edinburgh Univ. Press, 2011

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Proposes a common European intellectual framework to evaluate recent developments in European multiculturalism. The heightened security awareness in the wake of the 9/11 attacks and the London and Madrid bombings has resulted in a 'crisis of multiculturalism'. Now is the time to look at the renewed challenges that multiculturalism faces today.Each chapter in this interdisciplinary book reviews the actual state of affairs in several countries in relation to the theories behind immigrant minority claims. With a special focus on Muslim immigrants, the contributors look at the value issues entrenched in multiculturalism and the policy challenges and measures adopted to address them.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Professor Anna Triandafyllidou directs the Cultural Pluralism Research Area at the Global Governance Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, in Florence, Italy. She is also Visiting Professor at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, and the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies.

Tariq Modood is Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.

Nasar Meer is Professor in Social and Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow



Anna Triandafyllidou is Professor at the European University Institute, Florence.

Tariq Modood is Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy at the University of Bristol.

Nasar Meer is Senior Lecturer at the University of Northumbria.

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Proposes a common European intellectual framework to evaluate recent developments in European multiculturalismThe 'crisis of multiculturalism' comes at a time of heightened security awareness as a result of the events of 9/11, the London and Madrid bombings, and their aftermath. It is now time for a more sober discourse on the renewed challenges that multiculturalism is facing today.This interdisciplinary book details empirical and theoretical inquiries into immigrant minority claims, with a special focus on Muslim immigrants, the value issues entrenched in them and the related policy challenges and measures adopted to address them.Key FeaturesFocuses on seven European countries - Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece and SpainGives an overview of the challenge of multiculturalism and evaluates different approaches within a novel analytical frameworkEmphasises national debates and approaches to accommodating diversityDescribes to what extent debates, policy challenges and best practices have a European currencyAnna Triandafyllidou is Professor (part-time) at the European University Institute in Florence and Senior Research Fellow at ELIAMEP in Athens. She is editor of /Muslims in 21st Century Europe/ (2010).Tariq Modood is Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol. His recent publications include /Still Not Easy Being British/ (2010) and (co-edited with J. Salt) /Global Migrations, Ethnicity and Britishness/ (2011).Nasar Meer is Senior Lecturer in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Northumbria. His publications include /Citizenship, Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism/ (2010).

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Proposes a common European intellectual framework to evaluate recent developments in European multiculturalismThe 'crisis of multiculturalism' comes at a time of heightened security awareness as a result of the events of 9/11, the London and Madrid bombings, and their aftermath. It is now time for a more sober discourse on the renewed challenges that multiculturalism is facing today.This interdisciplinary book details empirical and theoretical inquiries into immigrant minority claims, with a special focus on Muslim immigrants, the value issues entrenched in them and the related policy challenges and measures adopted to address them.Key FeaturesFocuses on seven European countries - Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece and SpainGives an overview of the challenge of multiculturalism and evaluates different approaches within a novel analytical frameworkEmphasises national debates and approaches to accommodating diversityDescribes to what extent debates, policy challenges and best practices have a European currencyAnna Triandafyllidou is Professor (part-time) at the European University Institute in Florence and Senior Research Fellow at ELIAMEP in Athens. She is editor of /Muslims in 21st Century Europe/ (2010).Tariq Modood is Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol. His recent publications include /Still Not Easy Being British/ (2010) and (co-edited with J. Salt) /Global Migrations, Ethnicity and Britishness/ (2011).Nasar Meer is Senior Lecturer in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Northumbria. His publications include /Citizenship, Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism/ (2010).

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Verlag
Edinburgh Univ. Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0748644512
ISBN 13 
9780748644513
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
224
Herausgeber
Triandafyllidou Anna, Modood Tariq, Meer Nasar
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