Xenophobia and Islamophobia in Europe

by Ray Taras

Book Overview

Are anti-Muslim attitudes becoming the spectre that is haunting Europe? Is Islamophobia as widespread and virulent as is made out? Or do some EU societies appear more prejudiced than others? To what extent are European fears about unmanaged immigration the basis for scapegoating Muslim communities? And is there an anti-elitest dimension to Europeans' protest about rapid demographic change occurring in their countries?This cross-national analysis of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748650717
• ISBN13: 9780748650712
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher