Islamic Organizations in Europe and the USA

A Multidisciplinary Perspective
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-45486-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 274 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3503 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology

This volume explores the variety of forms, strategies and practices of Islamic organizations in Europe and the United States. It focuses on the reactions of organized Muslims at local, national, and transnational levels to the on-going debates on their integration into society and the structures of state-church relations.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rosenow-Williams, K.

Kortmann, M.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landespolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Multidisciplinary Research on Islamic Organizations: Heterogeneous Organizational Forms, Strategies, and Practices; Kerstin Rosenow-Williams and Matthias Kortmann PART I: DIFFERENT FORMS OF ORGANIZATIONS 2. Islamic Organizations in Poland: From Monopoly to Pluralism; Agata S. Nalborczyk and Monika Ryszewska 3. Civil Liberties or Civil Rights? Muslim American Advocacy Organizations; Erik Love 4. Divided or Conquered: The Challenges of Organizational Life for Muslims in the United Kingdom and Spain; Justin Gest PART II: DIFFERENT RESPONSE STRATEGIES TO ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS 5. The Impact of Public Debates on Muslim Representatives in Western Europe: The Agenda Setting Function of Mass Media; Maarten Koomen and Anja van Heelsum 6. Negotiating the Visibility of Islam in Switzerland: An Ethnographic Perspective on the Conflicts Involved with Building Projects for Mosques; Sarah Beyeler 7. Islamic Organizations in the Baltic States: Commonalities and Differences; Edgunas Ra?ius 8. Not Quite In, Not Quite Out: Islamic Organizations in France and Germany and Their Ties to Their States of Origin; Benjamin Bruce 9. Neither Omnipotent nor a Paper Tiger: The Alevi Community in Germany (AABF) and the Dynamics of Its Multidimensional Area of Activity; Ludger Pries and Tulay Tuncer-Zengingul PART III: DIFFERENT PRACTICES WITHIN THE ORGANIZATIONS 10. Imams in Flanders, Belgium: Toward the First Flemish Imams; Patrick Loobuyck and Petra Meier 11. Religious Practices of DITIB Mosque Community Members: Perspectives from Germany; Theresa Beilschmidt 12. Identities, Islamophobia, and the State: Diverse Perspectives and Experiences of Muslim Civic Actors from Islamic Organizations in the UK; Abida Malik 13. The Gulen Movement in Western Europe and the United States; Ahmet Yukleyen and Ferhan Tunagur CONCLUSION 14. Commonalities and Differences of Islamic Organizations in Europe and the USA; Matthias Kortmann and Kerstin Rosenow-Williams

Über Autor(innen)

Theresa Beilschmidt, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
Benjamin Bruce, Sciences Po Paris, France
Patrick Loobuyck, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Erik Love, Dickinson College, US
Abida Malik, University of Nottingham, UK
Petra Meier, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Habil. Agata S. Nalborczyk, University of Warsaw, Poland
Ludger Pries, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Egd?nas Ra?ius, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Monika Ryszewska, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
Ferhan Tunagür Rutgers University, US
Tülay Tuncer-Zengingül, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
Ahmet Yükleyen, University of Mississippi, US