Immigration, Islam, and the Politics of Belonging in France: A Comparative Framework

by Elaine R. Thomas

Over the past three decades, neither France's treatment of Muslims nor changes in French, British, and German immigration laws have confirmed multiculturalist hopes or postnationalist expectations. Yet analyses positing unified national models also fall short in explaining contemporary issues of national and cultural identity. Immigration, Islam, and the Politics of Belonging in France: A Comparative Framework presents a more productive,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812243323
• ISBN13: 9780812243321
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"