{"product_id":"legal-integration-of-islam-christian-joppke-9780674072848","title":"Legal Integration of Islam: A Transatlantic Comparison","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe status of Islam in Western societies remains deeply contentious. Countering strident claims on both the right and left, \u003ci\u003eLegal Integration of Islam\u003c\/i\u003e offers an empirically informed analysis of how four liberal democracies--France, Germany, Canada, and the United States--have responded to the challenge of integrating Islam and Muslim populations. Demonstrating the centrality of the legal system to this process, Christian Joppke and John Torpey reject the widely held notion that Europe is incapable of accommodating Islam and argue that institutional barriers to Muslim integration are no greater on one side of the Atlantic than the other. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile Muslims have achieved a substantial degree of equality working through the courts, political dynamics increasingly push back against these gains, particularly in Europe. From a classical liberal viewpoint, religion can either be driven out of public space, as in France, or included without sectarian preference, as in Germany. But both policies come at a price--religious liberty in France and full equality in Germany. Often seen as the flagship of multiculturalism, Canada has found itself responding to nativist and liberal pressures as Muslims become more assertive. And although there have been outbursts of anti-Islamic sentiment in the United States, the legal and political recognition of Islam is well established and largely uncontested. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLegal Integration of Islam\u003c\/i\u003e brings to light the successes and the shortcomings of integrating Islam through law without denying the challenges that this religion presents for liberal societies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christian Joppke, John Torpey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674072847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674072848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2013","brand":"Christian Joppke","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054246588671,"sku":"9780674072848","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2004fc33-82f0-4551-bf19-b996c16f001f.jpg?v=1685028860","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/legal-integration-of-islam-christian-joppke-9780674072848","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}