ISBN:
978-1-5261-1014-5
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 243 Seiten.
Edition:
1. Publ.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Keywords:
Wiltshire (England) / Social conditions
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Great Britain / Emigration and immigration / History / 20th century
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Great Britain / Emigration and immigration / History / 21st century
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Geschichte 1960-
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Muslims / Great Britain / Ethnic relations
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Immigrants / Great Britain / History / 20th century
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Immigrants / Great Britain / History / 21st century
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Rural population / Great Britain
;
Muslim.
;
Soziale Integration.
;
Ländlicher Raum.
;
Großbritannien.
;
Muslim
;
Soziale Integration
;
Ländlicher Raum
;
Geschichte 1960-
Abstract:
This book examines the relationship between the integration of Muslim migrant communities and rurality in Britain. It uses the county of Wiltshire as a case study, and charts both local authority policy and Muslims communities' personal experiences of migration and integration across the post-1960s period. It draws upon both previously unexplored archival material and oral histories, and addresses a range of topics and themes, including entrepreneurship, housing, education, multiculturalism, social cohesion, and religious identities, needs and practices. It challenges the notion that local authorities in more rural areas have been inactive, and even disinterested, in devising and implementing migration, integration and diversity policies, and sheds light on small and dispersed Muslim communities that have traditionally been written out of Britain's immigration history. In doing so, it reveals that there has long existed a rural dimension to Muslim integration in Britain
Abstract:
"This book is the first comprehensive study of Muslim migrant integration in rural Britain across the post-1960s period. It uses the county of Wiltshire as a case study, and assesses both local authority policies and strategies, and Muslim communities' personal experiences of migration and integration. It draws upon both a range of previously unexplored archival material and oral histories, and reveals what is a clear, and often complex, relationship between rurality and integration. In doing so, it touches upon a range of topics and themes, including entrepreneurship, housing, education, multiculturalism, social cohesion, and religious identities, needs and practices. It challenges the long-held assumption that local authorities in more rural areas have been inactive, and even disinterested, in devising and implementing migration, integration and diversity policies, and sheds light on small and dispersed Muslim communities that have traditionally been written out of Britain's immigration history. Its findings and conclusions build upon research on migration and integration at the rural level, and local-level migrant policies, experiences and integration, and reveal that there has long existed a rural dimension to Muslim integration in Britain. This book is essential reading for academics and students with an interest in migration history, the integration of Muslim populations, and rural Britain." -- Back cover
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Muslim integration in Britain: a theoretical and analytical framework -- 1. Wiltshire: diverse Muslims, unexplored communities -- 2. Local government policy: the early years, 1960s-76 -- 3. Local government policy: race relations, multiculturalism and integration, 1976-late 1990s -- 4. Local government policy: anti-racism, equal opportunities, community cohesion and religious identity in a rural space, 1999 onwards -- 5. Muslim migrant histories, personal narratives and experiences of integration -- 6. Migration, integration and Muslims in rural Britain -- Conclusion: Muslim integration, the rural dimension and research implications -- Index
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