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Immigration, islam, and the politics of belonging in france : a comparative framework /

In this study of French discourse regarding the treatment of Muslim immigrants and their descendants, Elaine R. Thomas forges new theoretical tools for analyzing today's contentious politics of belonging in France and beyond.

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Main Authors: Thomas, Elaine R.
Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Publisher Address: Philadelphia, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2012]
©2012
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Pennsylvania studies in human rights
Subjects:
Citizenship > France.
Emigration and immigration > Government policy.
Immigrants > Government policy > France.
Immigrants > Government policy.
Minorities > Legal status, laws, etc. > France.
Muslims > Ethnic identity.
Muslims > Government policy > France.
Muslims > Government policy.
Muslims > France > Ethnic identity.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
Citizenship.
Human rights.
Political science.
Politik.
Social sciences.
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812204117
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Summary: In this study of French discourse regarding the treatment of Muslim immigrants and their descendants, Elaine R. Thomas forges new theoretical tools for analyzing today's contentious politics of belonging in France and beyond.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9780812204117
Index Number: JV7933
CLC: D756.538
Contents: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Preface --
Chapter 1. Introduction: The Politics of Belonging --
Chapter 2. What We Talk About When We Talk About Belonging: A New Framework for Analyzing Political Controversies --
Chapter 3. The Campaign for a Post-National Model of Civic Membership --
Chapter 4. Nationality Law Reform: Launching a New Debate --
Chapter 5. Reconfiguring the Politics of Membership: The Work of the Nationality Commission --
Chapter 6. Nationality Law Reform in Comparative Perspective --
Chapter 7. Contested Conceptions of Citizenship and Integration in France s Headscarves Affair (1989 1990) --
Chapter 8. Paradoxes of Civic Exclusion: Explaining Restrictions on Headscarves --
Chapter 9. Salman Rushdie s Satanic Verses : From Publication to Public Controversy --
Chapter 10. Rereading the Rushdie Affair: The Contested Terms of Being British --
Chapter 11. Membership Quandaries Beyond the Nation-State: European and Global Citizenship --
Chapter 12. Conclusion --
Appendix: English Language Voluntary Exit Verbs and Usual Corresponding Objects --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Index --
Acknowledgments.

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