Benchmarking Muslim Well-Being in Europe: Reducing Disparities and Polarizations

Irving Jackson, Pamela; Doerschler, Peter

ISBN 10: 1847428878 / ISBN 13: 9781847428875

Published by Policy Press (edition First Edition), 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Benchmarking Muslim Well-Being in Europe: Reducing Disparities and Polarizations
• Publisher: Policy Press (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847428878
• ISBN 13: 9781847428875
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

This highly topical book aims to undermine unsubstantiated myths by examining Muslim integration in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, states which dominate the debate on minority integration and the practice of Muslim religious traditions. These nations have a range of alternative relationships between religion and the state, as well as strategies for coordinating individuals' ethnic and state identities. Using the European Parliament's benchmarking guidelines, surveys and other non-official data, the authors find that in some areas Muslims are in fact more integrated than popularly assumed and suggest that, instead of failing to integrate, Muslims find their access to integration blocked in ways that reduce their life chances in the societies in which they are now permanent residents. 

The book will have an impact on research and policy especially with the commencement of the EU-wide integration benchmarking effort and will be an excellent resource for researchers, academics and policy makers.

About the Author

Dr Pamela Irving Jackson, a Fulbright scholar, is Director of the Justice Studies Program and Professor of Sociology at Rhode Island College, where she received the Thorp Professorship for Outstanding Scholarship and the Maixner Distinguished Teaching Award. She served on the editorial board of the American Sociological Review.