Amid mounting fears of violent Islamic extremism; many Europeans ask whether Muslim immigrants can integrate into historically Christian countries. In a groundbreaking ethnographic investigation of France’s Muslim migrant population; Why Muslim Integration Fails in Christian-Heritage Societies explores this complex question. The authors conclude that both Muslim and non-Muslim French must share responsibility for the slow progress of Muslim integration.Claire Adida; David Laitin; and Marie-Anne Valfort found that in France; Muslims are widely perceived as threatening; based in large part on cultural differences between Muslim and rooted French that feed both rational and irrational Islamophobia. Relying on a unique methodology to isolate the religious component of discrimination; the authors identify a discriminatory equilibrium in which both Muslim immigrants and native French act negatively toward one another in a self-perpetuating; vicious circle.Disentangling the rational and irrational threads of Islamophobia is essential if Europe hopes to repair a social fabric that has frayed around the issue of Muslim immigration. Muslim immigrants must address their own responsibility for the failures of integration; and Europeans must acknowledge the anti-Islam sentiments at the root of their antagonism. The authors outline public policy solutions aimed at promoting religious diversity in fair-minded host societies.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. InformativeBy SemmelweisWith the collapse of the Soviet Union; marvelous information about the daily lives of individuals during the period are becoming know. This book focuses on a single engineer and the impact of the Soviet style on the profession.It tells the story of how blind faith in a system cause truth to be supressed; often at the cost of lives.Unfortunately; the writing at times becomes polemical.It is an easy; short read and of value to those interested in the times and anyone who worries about when theory or dogma silences truth.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Interesting; but not engagingBy N. S. RothmanInteresting story with broader context than just engineering. Can read more like a journal paper or thesis than a book.6 of 13 people found the following review helpful. School book...By nychenI read this for my History; Technology and Science class in college. It is quite intriguing a life that Palchinsky leads. The book starts off telling about his life in general and how it ended; and his influences on Russia. But then halfway through the book; the focus shifts to descriptions of technological failures the Soviet Union encountered and how they struggled to beat other countries in the engineering field.I don't think this book really gives Palchinsky the credit he desrves and this book certainly isn't all about him; just brief historical facts.
