Muslim Women and Power : Political and Civic Engagement in West European Societies.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Note -- Contents -- Glossary -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Aims and Scope of the Research -- Aims -- The Context of Muslim Women's Participation -- Comparing France and Britain -- How the Study Was Carried Out -- Structure of the Book -- Notes -- Part I: Concepts and Contexts -- Chapter 2: Muslim Women and Politics: Analytical Framework -- Introduction -- Conceptual Bases -- Feminist Approach -- Archer's Realist Approach -- Touraine's SI -- Muslim Women and Politics -- Ethnicity and Religion -- Majority Society2 -- Muslim Women Within Majority Society -- Ethnic Group -- Muslim Women Within the Ethnic Group -- Islam, Muslim Group -- Muslim Women and the Muslim Group -- Islam, a Resource for Women? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Muslims and Women in Britain and France -- Introduction -- Muslims and Islam in British and French Society -- Conceptual Tools: The State and Society -- Britain -- Race Relations -- Ethnic Communities -- Church, State and Muslim Mobilisation -- British Islam in the Twenty-First Century -- Muslim Associations and the State -- Muslims and Islam in France -- Legal Status, Perception, Participation -- Associations -- Ethnicity and Communalism -- Laïcité and National Identity -- The Conseil Français du Culte Musulman -- The Riots -- Muslim Women Between Feminism and the State -- France -- The MLF and 'Race'/Ethnicity -- Feminists and the Veil -- Britain -- The Women's Movement and Black Feminism21 -- Tensions Between White Feminism22 and Black Women's Struggles -- Muslim Women, Feminism and the State -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Migrations, Demographics and Socio-­Economic Profiles -- Introduction -- Debates on Population Categorisation and Ethnic Monitoring in Britain and France -- The 'Ethnic Question' in Britain: 1975-1991 -- The Religion Question: 1996-2001.

'Les Statistiques Ethniques': France -- Muslims in Britain and France: Migration Histories -- Migration of Populations from Muslim-Majority Countries to Britain -- Muslim Migrations to France -- Muslims in Britain and France: Demographic Profile -- Britain -- Sex and Age Profile -- Country of Birth -- Ethnicity and Geographical Distribution -- France -- Counting Muslims: Producing a Credible Estimate -- Sex and Age Profile of Muslims in France -- Geographical Spread -- A Sociological Profile of Women from Muslim Communities in Britain and France -- Muslim Women and Employment in Britain and France -- France -- Britain -- Muslim Women and Education -- Britain -- France -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Part II: Muslim Women, Politics and Action -- Chapter 5: Politics and Activisms -- Introduction -- Political Participation and Civic Engagement: Literatures and Approaches -- A Political Participation and Civic Engagement Approach -- Interest in Politics and Typology of Political Participation and Civic Engagement -- Politics: Knowledge and Interest -- Typology of Action and Activity -- Muslims/Muslim Women as Voters -- Britain -- Muslim Voters -- Muslim Women Emerge from the Shadows -- France -- The Question of Voting Rights -- Muslims and Muslim Women Voters -- Muslim Women's Activism in Community Organisations -- Muslim Women and Participation in Community Organisations: 1970s-1990s -- The Growing Visibility of Muslim Women's Organisations in the 9/11 Era -- Britain -- France -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Ethnic Group and Islam -- Introduction -- The Ethnic Group -- Parents and Immediate Family -- Britain -- France -- Husbands, Men and In-Laws -- Britain -- France -- Extended Family and Community -- Britain -- France -- Islam and the Muslim Group -- Critique of Islam from Without in Britain and France -- Interrogating Islam from Within -- Britain.

France -- Islam and Ethnic Traditions, Islam a Tool of Emancipation -- Britain -- France -- Individualised Islam, Bearer of Values and a Guide for Action -- Britain -- France -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Majority Society and Women's Capacity of Action -- Introduction -- Majority Society: Britain -- Prejudice and Obstacles -- Changes and Improvements -- Multiculturalism and Opportunities -- 9/11 and 7/7 -- Majority Society: France -- A Positive Perception -- Exclusion -- Islam -- The Headscarf -- Laïcité -- Muslim Women and Action -- Politics and the Parameters of Engagement -- An Awareness of Contradictions and Tensions in the Structural and Cultural Framework -- Emotional Commitment to Concerns and Issues -- Gender -- Ethnic and Racial Discrimination -- Islam -- Human Rights -- Poverty and Social Inequality -- Ethics -- Capacity to Engage in Action -- Individual Support -- Environmental and Circumstantial Factors -- Legal and Structural Framework -- Corporate Agents -- Role Models -- A Typology of Strategies -- Confrontation -- Cooperation -- Exit -- Lateral -- Compromise -- Reversal -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Islamic Dress, the War on Terror, Policing Muslim Women -- Introduction -- Issues of Concern to Women from Muslim Communities -- Islamic Dress -- Choice versus Imposition -- In Search of a Muslim Identity -- Identification with Islam and Political Consciousness -- Islamic Dress as Protection -- Islamic Dress as a Means of Self-Assertion -- Voices Against the Veil -- Islam Does Not Require Women to Cover up -- Male-Dominated Culture Does -- Young Women Are Undoing the Struggles of Previous Generations of Muslim Women -- Religious Commitment Should Be Private, Not Publicly Paraded -- Simply a Fashion? -- You Do Not Cover up in a Secular Country -- Wearing Islamic Dress and Its Consequences -- Education -- Employment.

Immigration and Nationality -- The War on Terror-Britain -- In the Glare of Unwanted Attention -- The War on Terror as an Instigator to Public Involvement and Engagement with the State -- Policing Women's Behaviour-France -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 9: Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Index.

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