Diaspora by Design: Muslims in Canada and Beyond - Brossura

Moghissi, Haideh; Rahnema, Saeed; Goodman, Mark J.

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ISBN 10: 0802095437 ISBN 13: 9780802095435

Casa editrice: Univ of Toronto Pr, 2009

Riassunto

Few groups face as many misconceptions within their new countries as do Muslim immigrants. This book challenges the common misperceptions of Muslim immigrants as a homogeneous, religiously driven group and identifies the tensions they experience within their host countries.

A comparative, multi-ethnic study, based on over two thousand interviews, Diaspora by Design examines Muslim populations that have settled in Canada, Britain, Iran, and Palestine. Utilizing hard socio-economic data as well as qualitative analysis, the authors show the remarkable diversity and divisions between Muslim immigrant populations along urban-rural, cultural, class, and gender lines. They argue that integration is a two-way exchange that requires a readiness on the part of the host society to remove barriers that prevent the full social and economic participation of immigrant populations.

Extensively researched and thoughtfully provocative, Diaspora by Design is a much-needed work that provides an accurate and dynamic depiction of the lives of Muslim immigrants away from their homelands.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Haideh Moghissi is a professor in the Department of Sociology at York University. Saeed Rahnema is a professor of Political Science at York University. Mark J. Goodman is the undergraduate program director of the School of Social Sciences at York University.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Toronto Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0802095437
• ISBN 13: 9780802095435
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 223
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile