Designating Muslims: Islam in the Western Policy Imagination
This essay tracks how Islam and Muslims have figured in American and European policy in recent years, and assesses the practical implications of specific Muslim-oriented policy initiatives. The central dilemma policymakers need to contend with is not one of determining the most appropriate policies...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2017]
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The review of faith & international affairs
Year: 2017, Volume: 15, Issue: 3, Pages: 54-65 |
| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AF Geography of religion BJ Islam ZC Politics in general |
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| Summary: | This essay tracks how Islam and Muslims have figured in American and European policy in recent years, and assesses the practical implications of specific Muslim-oriented policy initiatives. The central dilemma policymakers need to contend with is not one of determining the most appropriate policies for addressing challenges arising specifically from Islam and Muslims, but rather recognizing that in many respects the "Muslims" in question have been created by these very policies. From this insight follow a number of recommendations with respect to how governments can most constructively address the issues understood to surround Muslim communities while avoiding the exacerbation of those same challenges. This essay is adapted from a paper commissioned and published online by the Cambridge Institute on Religion & International Studies. |
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| ISSN: | 1931-7743 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The review of faith & international affairs
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/15570274.2017.1354466 |