Muslim Political Participation in Europe

ISBN-13: 9780748695874 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 360 str.

Jørgen S. Nielsen

Opis

To what extent are Muslims in Europe integrated?
Muslims are increasingly making themselves noticed in the political process of Europe. But what is happening behind the often sensational headlines? This book looks at the processes and realities of Muslim participation in local and national politics in a range of Eastern and Western European countries: voting patterns in local and national assemblies, membership of elected councils and national parliaments, and the tensions between ethnic, political and religious identities. It also asks how political participation and wider integration issues interrelate and considers how Muslims - as ethnic groups, or through specific institutions - seek to locate themselves within European political society.

Spis treści

List of tables and figures ; 1. Introduction , Jørgen S. Nielsen; Part One Laying foundations: national and local elections; 2. Muslim political participation in Belgium: an exceptional political representation in Europe, Fatima Zibouh; 3. Muslim political participation in Germany: a structurationist approach, Maike Didero; 4. Political opinions and participation among young Muslims in Sweden: a case study, Jonatan Bäckelie and Göran Larsson; 5. Lithuanian Muslims’ attitudes toward participation in democratic political process: the case of converts, Egd?nas Ra?ius; 6. Political participation of European Muslims in France and the United Kingdom, Salima Bouyarden; Part Two Participation as integration; 7. Muslim collective mobilisations in contemporary Europe: new issues and new types of involvement, Franck Frégosi; 8. How politically integrated are Danish Muslims? Evidence from the Muhammad cartoons controversy, Lasse Lindekilde; 9. Limits and potentialities of the Italian and British political systems through the lens of Muslim women in politics, Alessia Belli; 10. Representing ‘Islam of the banlieues’: class and political participation among Muslims in France, Z. Fareen Parvez; Part Three Institutions as gateways; 11. Creating the image of European Islam: the European Council for Fatwa and Research and Ireland, Adil Hussain Khan; 12. The political participation of Polish Muslim Tatars – the result of or the reason for integration? From Teutonic wars to the Danish cartoons affair, Agata S. Nalborczyk; 13. The Alevi quest in Europe through the redefinition of the Alevi movement: recognition and political participation, a case study of the FUAF in France, Deniz Kosulu; 14. Leicester Muslims: citizenship, race and civil religion, Carolina Ivanescu; Part Four Breaking the bounds; 15. Muslims and electoral politics in Britain: the case of the Respect Party, Tim Peace; 16. Clichés are funny as long as they happen on stage: comedy as political criticism, Riem Spielhaus; Notes on the contributors; Index.