Paradoxes of Liberal Democracy - Islam, Western Europe, and the Danish Cartoon Crisis

Paradoxes of Liberal Democracy shows how the majority of ordinary Danish citizens provided a solid wall of support for the rights of their country's growing Muslim minority, drawing a sharp distinction between Muslim immigrants and Islamic fundamentalists and supporting the civil rights of Muslim immigrants as fully as those of fellow Danes--for example, Christian fundamentalists. Building on randomized experiments conducted as part of large, nationally representative opinion surveys, Paradoxes of Liberal Democracy also demonstrates how the moral covenant underpinning the welfare state simultaneously promotes equal treatment for some Muslim immigrants and opens the door to discrimination against others.

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About the author

Paul M. Sniderman is the Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Professor of Public Policy at Stanford University and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Michael Bang Petersen, Rune Slothuus, and Rune Stubager are professors of political science at Aarhus University in Denmark.

Summary

In 2005, twelve cartoons mocking the prophet Mohammed appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, igniting a political firestorm over demands by some Muslims that the claims of their religious faith take precedence over freedom of expression. Given the explosive reaction from Middle Eastern governments, Muslim clerics, and some Danish politic

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"The book's perspective is enticing, not to say timely. . . . The book's effort to overcome the clash of values between Islam and the West is quite laudable."---Jocelyne Cesari, Journal of Church and State

Report

"This tremendously interesting and highly relevant book has an encouraging message: Danish citizens stood behind the civil liberties of Muslims even at the height of the Danish cartoon crisis. It shows that what common sense expected to happen--a backlash--did not happen, and then explains why with a straightforwardness and immediacy that are rare for an academic text."--Hanspeter Kriesi, European University Institute

Product details

• Authors: Michael Bang Petersen, Petersen Michael Bang, Rune Slothuus, Slothuus Rune, Sniderman, Paul Sniderman, Paul M. Sniderman, Paul M. Petersen Sniderman, Paul M./ Petersen Sniderman, Sniderman Paul M., Rune Stubager, Stubager Rune
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.08.2014
• EAN: 9780691161105
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16110-5
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Princeton University Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Denmark, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Censorship, Islamic Studies, Human rights, civil rights, Ethical Issues: Censorship, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities