Description
| Product ID: | 9781108701785 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics |
| Title: | Alien Citizens |
| Subtitle: | The State and Religious Minorities in Turkey and France |
| Authors: | Author: Ramazan Kilinc |
| Page Count: | 266 |
| Subjects: | Politics and government, Politics & government, Political science and theory, Comparative politics, Political science & theory, Comparative politics |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating For readers interested in how international context interacts with domestic politics in producing state policies toward religious minorities in Turkey and France. It is the first study that employs international context in the study of state policies toward religion and that compares Turkey and France with regard to religious minorities. How does international context influence state policies toward religious minorities? Using parliamentary proceedings, court decisions, newspaper archives, and interviews, this book is the first systematic study that employs international context in the study of state policies toward religion, and that compares Turkey and France with regard to religious minorities. Comparing Christians in Turkey and Muslims in France, this book argues that policy change toward minorities becomes possible when strong domestic actors find a suitable international context that can help them execute their policy agendas. The Turkish Islamists used the European Union to transform the Turkish politics that brought a reformist moment for Christians in the 2000s. The Far Right in France utilized the rise of Islamophobia in Europe to adopt restrictive policies toward Muslims. Ramazan Kılınç argues that the presence of an international context that can favor particular groups over others, shifts the domestic balance of power, and makes some policies more likely to be implemented than others. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-03-03 |
