Muslims and the State in the Post-9/11 West

Informationen zum Autor Erik Bleich is Associate Professor of Political Science at Middlebury College in Vermont. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles on European policymaking in the areas of race! ethnicity! and religion. His book Race Politics in Britain and France: Ideas and Policymaking since the 1960s was published in 2003! and he is currently at work on a book entitled The Freedom to be Racist? Zusammenfassung This book assembles leading scholars to analyze the complicated relations between governments and Muslim minorities in Western Europe and the United States in the context of rising concerns about terrorism and security. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Muslims and the State in the Post-9/11 West Erik Bleich 2. State Responses to ‘Muslim’ Violence: A Comparison of Six West European Countries Erik Bleich 3. Boomerangs and Slingshots: Radical Islamism and Counter-Terrorism Strategy Shamit Saggar 4. British Counter-Terrorism After 7/7: Adapting Community-Policing to the Fight Against Domestic Terrorism Jytte Klausen 5. Muslims in the Netherlands: Social and Political Developments after 9/11 Frank J. Buijs 6. Recognizing Islam in France after 9/11 John R. Bowen 7. Limits of Integration Policy: Britain and her Muslims Christian Joppke 8. The American Mosque in Transition: Assimilation, Acculturation and Isolation Ihsan Bagby 9. Muslim Transnational Identity and State Responses in the UK after 9/11: Political Community, Ideology and Authority Peter Mandaville

Product details

• Authors: Erik Bleich, Erik (Middlebury College Bleich
• Assisted by: Erik Bleich (Editor), Bleich Erik (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.10.2009
• EAN: 9780415488952
• ISBN: 978-0-415-48895-2
• No. of pages: 170
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Middle East, Warfare & defence, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Terrorism, armed struggle, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Warfare and defence, Human rights, civil rights, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity