ISBN:
9781317612414
,
1317612418
Language:
English
Pages:
vi, 174 Seiten
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in sociology 220
Series Statement:
Routledge advances in sociology
DDC:
342.4085297
Keywords:
Muslim women Legal status, laws, etc
;
Europe
;
Hijab (Islamic clothing) Law and legislation
;
Europe
;
Freedom of religion Europe
;
Muslims Legal status, laws, etc
;
Human rights
;
Muslims Civil rights
;
Cosmopolitanism
;
Freedom of religion
;
Westeuropa
;
Weltbürgertum
;
Menschenrecht
;
Islam
;
Soziale Probleme
Abstract:
"Cosmopolitanism, as an intellectual and political project, has failed. The portrayal of human rights, especially European, as evidence of cosmopolitanism in practice is misguided. Cosmopolitan theorists point to the rise of claims-making to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) among Europe's Muslims to protect their right to religious freedom, mainly concerning the hijab, as evidence of cosmopolitan justice. However, the outcomes of such claims-making show that far from signifying a cosmopolitan moment, European human rights law has failed Europe's Muslims. Human Rights, Islam and the Failure of Cosmopolitanism provides an empirical examination of claims-making and government policy in Western Europe focusing mainly on developments in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands. A consideration of public debates and European law of conduct in the public sphere shows that cosmopolitan optimism has misjudged the magnitude of the impact claims-making among Europe's Muslims. To overcome this cul-de-sac, European Muslims should turn to a new 'politics of rights' to pursue their right to religious expression. This eye-opening book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students studying subjects such as Sociology, Human Rights, Minority Rights, Cosmopolitanism and Ethnic and Racial Studies" --
Abstract:
1. Introduction -- 2. Human rights as a 'cosmopolitan moment' -- 3. Post-national theory, citizenship and human rights -- 4. The rise of human rights activism -- 5. Litigating for human rights -- 6. European immigration, asylum and the myth of cosmopolitanism -- 7. From cosmopolitanism to securitization -- 8. Conclusion
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Bibliographie: Seite [156]-167
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