Citizenship, identity, and the politics of multiculturalism : the rise of Muslim consciousness in Britain

Meer, Nasar

Citizenship, identity, and the politics of multiculturalism : the rise of Muslim consciousness in Britain Nasar Meer - Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan 2010 - 248p. Hbk

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- Framing Citizenship -- Du Bois, Consciousness and Double Consciousness -- Conceptualising Muslim-consciousness: From Race to Religion -- Local and Global Muslim Identities and the Rise of Islamophobia -- Muslim Schools in Britain: Muslim-consciousness in Action -- Muslims and Discrimination: Muslim-consciousness in Re-action -- Muslims in Public and Media Discourse -- Towards a Synthesised Muslim-consciousness -- Bibliography.

"This book proposes a fresh perspective on the emergence of public Muslim identities, traversing issues of Muslim-state engagement across government initiatives and church-state relations, across equalities agendas and the education system, the courts and the media"--Provided by publisher.

9780230576667 (hardback)

2009046811


Citizenship - Great Britain
Identity politics - Great Britain
Muslims - Great Britain

305.6 MEE