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Since the late 1980s, growing migration from countries with a
Muslim cultural background, and increasing Islamic fundamentalism
related to terrorist attacks in Western Europe and the US, have
created a new research field investigating the way states and
ordinary citizens react to these new phenomena. However, whilst we
already know much about how Islam finds its place in Western Europe
and North America, and how states react to Muslim migration, we
know surprisingly little about the attitudes of ordinary citizens
towards Muslim migrants and Islam. Islamophobia has only recently
started to be addressed by social scientists. With contributions by
leading researchers from many countries in Western Europe and North
America, this book brings a new, transatlantic perspective to this
growing field and establishes an important basis for further
research in the area. It addresses several essential questions
about Islamophobia, including: what exactly is Islamophobia and how
can we measure it? how is it related to similar social phenomena,
such as xenophobia? how widespread are Islamophobic attitudes, and
how can they be explained? how are Muslims different from other
outgroups and what role does terrorism and 9/11 play? Islamophobia
in the West will be of interest to students and scholars of
sociology, religious studies, social psychology, political science,
ethnology, and legal science.
Switzerland likely has the most particular naturalization system in
the world. Whereas in most countries citizenship attribution is
regulated at the central level of the state, in Switzerland each
municipality is accorded the right to decide who can become a Swiss
citizen. This book aims at exploring naturalization processes from
a comparative perspective and to explain why some municipalities
pursue more restrictive citizenship policies than others. The Swiss
case provides a unique opportunity to approach citizenship politics
from new perspectives. It allows us to go beyond formal citizenship
models and to account for the practice of citizenship. The
analytical framework combines quantitative and qualitative data and
helps us understand how negotiation processes between political
actors lead to a large variety of local citizenship models. An
innovative theoretical framework, integrating Bourdieu's political
sociology, combines symbolic and material aspects of
naturalizations and underlines the production processes of
ethnicity.
The globalized era is characterized by a high degree of
interconnectedness across borders and continents and this includes
human migration. Migration flows have led to new governance
challenges and, at times, populist political backlashes. A key
driver of migration is environmental conflict and this is only
likely to increase with the effects of climate change. Bringing
together world-leading researchers from across political science,
environmental studies, economics and sociology, this urgent book
uses a multifaceted theoretical and methodological approach to
delve into core questions and concerns surrounding migration,
climate change and conflict, providing invaluable insights into one
of the most pressing global issues of our time.
Since the late 1980s, growing migration from countries with a
Muslim cultural background, and increasing Islamic fundamentalism
related to terrorist attacks in Western Europe and the US, have
created a new research field investigating the way states and
ordinary citizens react to these new phenomena. However, whilst we
already know much about how Islam finds its place in Western Europe
and North America, and how states react to Muslim migration, we
know surprisingly little about the attitudes of ordinary citizens
towards Muslim migrants and Islam. Islamophobia has only recently
started to be addressed by social scientists. With contributions by
leading researchers from many countries in Western Europe and North
America, this book brings a new, transatlantic perspective to this
growing field and establishes an important basis for further
research in the area. It addresses several essential questions
about Islamophobia, including: what exactly is Islamophobia and how
can we measure it? how is it related to similar social phenomena,
such as xenophobia? how widespread are Islamophobic attitudes, and
how can they be explained? how are Muslims different from other
outgroups and what role does terrorism and 9/11 play? Islamophobia
in the West will be of interest to students and scholars of
sociology, religious studies, social psychology, political science,
ethnology, and legal science.
What are the consequences of globalization for the structure of
political conflicts in Western Europe? How are political conflicts
organized and articulated in the twenty-first century? And how does
the transformation of territorial boundaries affect the scope and
content of political conflicts? This book sets out to answer these
questions by analyzing the results of a study of national and
European electoral campaigns, protest events and public debates in
six West European countries. While the mobilization of the losers
of the processes of globalization by new right populist parties is
seen to be the driving force of the restructuring of West European
politics, the book goes beyond party politics. It attempts to show
how the cleavage coalitions that are shaping up under the impact of
globalization extend to state actors, interest groups and social
movement organizations, and how the new conflicts are framed by the
various actors involved.
What are the consequences of globalization for the structure of
political conflicts in Western Europe? How are political conflicts
organized and articulated in the twenty-first century? And how does
the transformation of territorial boundaries affect the scope and
content of political conflicts? This book sets out to answer these
questions by analyzing the results of a study of national and
European electoral campaigns, protest events and public debates in
six West European countries. While the mobilization of the losers
of the processes of globalization by new right populist parties is
seen to be the driving force of the restructuring of West European
politics, the book goes beyond party politics. It attempts to show
how the cleavage coalitions that are shaping up under the impact of
globalization extend to state actors, interest groups and social
movement organizations, and how the new conflicts are framed by the
various actors involved.
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