TY - BOOK ID - 79479384 TI - Dilemmas of inclusion : Muslims in European politics PY - 2017 SN - 9780691172590 9780691172606 0691172595 0691172609 1400888107 PB - Princeton Princeton University Press DB - UniCat KW - Sociology of minorities KW - Political sociology KW - Europe KW - Muslims KW - Islam and politics KW - Political parties KW - Representative government and representation KW - #SBIB:324H50 KW - #SBIB:324H42 KW - #SBIB:303H34 KW - #SBIB:316.331H330 KW - Mohammedans KW - Moors (People) KW - Moslems KW - Muhammadans KW - Musalmans KW - Mussalmans KW - Mussulmans KW - Mussulmen KW - Religious adherents KW - Islam KW - Political activity KW - Social conditions KW - Politieke participatie en legitimiteit (referenda, directe democratie, publieke opinie...) KW - Politieke structuren: verkiezingen KW - Kwalitatieve methoden: grondige gevallenstudie, casework, social work KW - Godsdienst en politiek: algemeen KW - 668.6 Multiculturele samenleving KW - 200 Politiek KW - 668.1 Migrantenbeleid KW - 658.1 Gelijke kansen KW - 081 Godsdienst KW - gender KW - inclusie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:79479384 AB - "This is a book about contemporary European politics and the demographics of Muslim political candidacies."--Provided by publisher. As Europe’s Muslim communities continue to grow, so does their impact on electoral politics and the potential for inclusion dilemmas. In vote-rich enclaves, Muslim views on religion, tradition, and gender roles can deviate sharply from those of the majority electorate, generating severe trade-offs for parties seeking to broaden their coalitions. Dilemmas of Inclusion explains when and why European political parties include Muslim candidates and voters, revealing that the ways in which parties recruit this new electorate can have lasting consequences.Drawing on original evidence from thousands of electoral contests in Austria, Belgium, Germany, and Great Britain, Rafaela Dancygier sheds new light on when minority recruitment will match up with existing party positions and uphold electoral alignments and when it will undermine party brands and shake up party systems. She demonstrates that when parties are seduced by the quick delivery of ethno-religious bloc votes, they undercut their ideological coherence, fail to establish programmatic linkages with Muslim voters, and miss their opportunity to build cross-ethnic, class-based coalitions. Dancygier highlights how the politics of minority inclusion can become a testing ground for parties, showing just how far their commitments to equality and diversity will take them when push comes to electoral shove.Providing a unified theoretical framework for understanding the causes and consequences of minority political incorporation, and especially as these pertain to European Muslim populations, Dilemmas of Inclusion advances our knowledge about how ethnic and religious diversity reshapes domestic politics in today’s democracies. (Provided by publisher) ER -