Overview
- Concentrates on the similar capacity of Turkey and Morocco to intervene in religious affairs as a domain of public policy
- Addresses the question of “Islam in the West” from the perspective of the home states
- Offers a comparative study of home states' transnational politics and foreign policy interests backed up by an understanding of the relevant historical and political contexts
Part of the book series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy (SPIRP)
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From sending imams abroad to financing mosques and Islamic associations, home states play a key role in governing Islam in Western Europe. Drawing on over one hundred interviews and years of fieldwork, this book employs a comparative perspective that analyzes the foreign religious activities of the two home states with the largest diaspora populations in Europe: Turkey and Morocco. The research shows how these states use religion to promote ties with their citizens and their descendants abroad while also seeking to maintain control over the forms of Islam that develop within the diaspora. The author identifies and explains the internal and foreign political interests that have motivated state actors on both sides of the Mediterranean, ultimately arguing that interstate cooperation in religious affairs has and will continue to have a structural influence on the evolution of Islam in Western Europe.
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Reviews
“Governing Islam Abroad is an authoritative guide to the nuances of transnational religious cooperation. Bruce uses extensive fieldwork to offer a multi-dimensional view of sending states and receiving states. It is a thought-provoking contribution to the debate over what constitutes a country of origin.” (Jonathan Laurence, Professor of Political Science, Boston College, USA)
“Winner of the Rémy Leveau prize, this studyprovides a remarkable comparison of the public management of Islam abroad between Turkey, Germany, Morocco and France. Bruce’s exceptional work explores the implications of this new kind of foreign policy and migratory diplomacy, opening up new paths for research in comparative politics and on theories of public governance beyond borders.” (Catherine Wihtol de Wenden, CNRS Senior Researcher Emeritus, CERI, Sciences Po, France)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Benjamin Bruce is Research Fellow with the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt) at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (El Colef), Mexico.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Governing Islam Abroad
Book Subtitle: Turkish and Moroccan Muslims in Western Europe
Authors: Benjamin Bruce
Series Title: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78664-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78663-6Published: 06 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08758-6Published: 26 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78664-3Published: 25 August 2018
Series ISSN: 2945-607X
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6088
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 303
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Politics and Religion, European Politics, Islam, Foreign Policy, Diaspora, Citizenship