Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Introduction 1. Social Justice and Citizenship 2. Research Methodology 3. The German Islam Conference: Institutionalised Dialogue with Muslims 4. Institutionalised Consultations with Muslims in Great Britain 5. The British Equalities Framework: Discrimination on Grounds of Religion 6. The German Equal Treatment Act: Discrimination on Grounds of Religion 7. The Politics of Muslim Integration in Germany and Great Britain
Synopsis
Lewicki examines how current salient discourses of citizenship conceptualize democratic relations and frame the 'Muslim question' in Germany and Great Britain. Citizenship is understood not as a static or monolithic regime, but as being reproduced through competing discourses that can facilitate or inhibit the reduction of structural inequalities.