Overview
- Integrates a consideration of Muslim communities within a wider history of British multiculturalism
- Provides a governmental and political complement to the social and cultural work of other scholars in this area
- Draws on oral testimony, national government records, as well as material from local government, political parties, trade unions, newspapers, and community organisations
Part of the book series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series (CAL)
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This book analyses Muslim integration into English society from the 1960s to the 1990s. The author argues that, contrary to common narratives built around a sudden transformation during the Rushdie affair, religious identity was of great importance to English Muslims throughout this period. The study also considers what the experiences of Muslim communities tell us about British multiculturalism.
With chapters which consider English Muslim experiences in education, employment, and social services, British multiculturalism is shown to be a capacious artifice, variegated across and within localities and resistant to periodization. It is understood as positing separate ethnic communities, and serving these communities with special provisions aimed ultimately at integration. It is argued moreover to have developed its own momentum, limiting the efficacy of 21st century “backlashes” against it.
Muslim Communities in England 1962-90 will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including sociology, history and politics.
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Jed Fazakarley is Lecturer in History, Hertford College, University of Oxford, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Muslim Communities in England 1962-90
Book Subtitle: Multiculturalism and Political Identity
Authors: Jed Fazakarley
Series Title: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53792-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-53791-7Published: 24 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85245-4Published: 01 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-53792-4Published: 10 July 2017
Series ISSN: 2947-6100
Series E-ISSN: 2947-6119
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 309
Topics: Sociology of Religion, Sociology of Culture, Ethnicity Studies, Political Sociology, Islam