European Multiculturalisms: Cultural, Religious and Ethnic Challenges

Proposes a common European intellectual framework to evaluate recent developments in European multiculturalismThe 'crisis of multiculturalism' comes at a time of heightened security awareness as a result of the events of 9/11, the London and Madrid bombings, and their aftermath. It is now time for a more sober discourse on the renewed challenges that multiculturalism is facing today.This interdisciplinary book details empirical and theoretical inquiries into immigrant minority claims, with a special focus on Muslim immigrants, the value issues entrenched in them and the related policy challenges and measures adopted to address them.Key FeaturesFocuses on seven European countries - Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece and SpainGives an overview of the challenge of multiculturalism and evaluates different approaches within a novel analytical frameworkEmphasises national debates and approaches to accommodating diversityDescribes to what extent debates, policy challenges and best practices have a European currencyAnna Triandafyllidou is Professor (part-time) at the European University Institute in Florence and Senior Research Fellow at ELIAMEP in Athens. She is editor of /Muslims in 21st Century Europe/ (2010).Tariq Modood is Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy and the founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship at the University of Bristol. His recent publications include /Still Not Easy Being British/ (2010) and (co-edited with J. Salt) /Global Migrations, Ethnicity and Britishness/ (2011).Nasar Meer is Senior Lecturer in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Northumbria. His publications include /Citizenship, Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism/ (2010).