Actions for Alien citizens : the state and religious minorities in Turkey and France

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Alien citizens : the state and religious minorities in Turkey and France / Ramazan Kılınç

Author
Kilinç, Ramazan, 1977-
Published
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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1 online resource (xiv, 252 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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Contents
Introduction -- Rethinking state policies toward religious minorities -- Secularism and Christians in Turkey -- Secularism and Muslims in France -- The European Union and Christians in Turkey -- Islamophobia and Muslims in France -- Kemalists, conservatives, and Christians in Turkey -- Radical right, liberals, and Muslims in France -- Testing the argument beyond the scope of the study -- Conclusion.
Summary
How does international context influence state policies toward religious minorities? Using parliamentary proceedings, court decisions, newspaper archives, and interviews, this book is the first systematic study that employs international context in the study of state policies toward religion, and that compares Turkey and France with regard to religious minorities. Comparing Christians in Turkey and Muslims in France, this book argues that policy change toward minorities becomes possible when strong domestic actors find a suitable international context that can help them execute their policy agendas. The Turkish Islamists used the European Union to transform the Turkish politics that brought a reformist moment for Christians in the 2000s. The Far Right in France utilized the rise of Islamophobia in Europe to adopt restrictive policies toward Muslims. Ramazan Kılınç argues that the presence of an international context that can favor particular groups over others, shifts the domestic balance of power, and makes some policies more likely to be implemented than others.
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9781108692649 (ebook)
9781108476942 (hardback)
9781108701785 (paperback)
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Oct 2019).
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