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Muslims and the State in Britain, France, and Germany (Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics)

Muslims and the State in Britain, France, and Germany (Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics)

by JoelS.Fetzer (Author), J.ChristopherSoper (Author)

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Synopsis

Over ten million Muslims live in Western Europe. Since the early 1990s, and especially after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, vexing policy questions have emerged about the religious rights of native-born and immigrant Muslims. Britain has struggled over whether to give state funding to private Islamic schools. France has been convulsed over Muslim teenagers wearing the hijab in public schools. Germany has debated whether to grant 'public-corporation' status to Muslims. And each state is searching for policies to ensure the successful incorporation of practicing Muslims into liberal democratic society. This 2004 book analyzes state accommodation of Muslims' religious practices in Britain, France, and Germany, first examining three major theories: resource mobilization, political-opportunity structure, and ideology. It then proposes an additional explanation, arguing that each nation's approach to Muslims follows from its historically based church-state institutions.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 18 Oct 2004
ISBN 10: 0521535395
ISBN 13: 9780521535397
Book Overview: This 2004 book analyzes state accommodation of Muslims' religious practices in Britain, France, and Germany.

Media Reviews
'... this new emphasis marks a novel and refreshing departure of enquiry. ... well-documented, focused and lucid ...'. The Muslim World Book Review
'There is ample space for exploration using the ideas bought together in this book.' Ethnic and Racial Studies
In a timely study, given the massive influx of Muslims into Britain, France, and Germany and its disorienting impact on societies traditionally dominated by Christian culture, Fetzer and Soper compare the position of Islam and Muslims. Highly recommended. CHOICE
...[a] valuable contribution. Perspectives on Politics
These authors have provided a solid foundation for efforts to understand the minority/majority dynamics involved in large scale Muslim settlement in western European societies. Arab Studies Quarterly Pamela Irving Jackson, Rhode Island College
Author Bio
Professor Joel S. Fetzer teaches European and immigration politics at Pepperdine University. His research has been funded by the German Marshall Foundation of the United States, the MacArthur Foundation, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, and the Yale Center for International and Area Studies. He is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on comparative immigration politics and on religion and political behavior. His most recent book is Public Attitudes toward Immigration in the United States, France, and Germany (Cambridge 2000). J. Christopher Soper is an Endowed Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Social Science Division at Pepperdine University. A graduate of both Yale Divinity School and Yale's PhD program in political science, Professor Soper has written extensively on church-state relations and religion and politics in Europe and the United States. Recipient of grants from the American Political Science Association and Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, he is author of Evangelical Christianity in the United States and Great Britain (Macmillan 1994) and co-author of The Challenge of Pluralism: Church and State in Five Democracies (Rowman and Littlefield 1997).