15. Muslims and electoral politics in Britain: the case of the Respect Party

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of tables and figures vii
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. Part One. Laying foundations: national and local elections
6. 2. Muslim political participation in Belgium: an exceptional political representation in Europe 17
7. 3. Muslim political participation in Germany: a structurationist approach 34
8. 4. Political opinions and participation among young Muslims in Sweden: a case study 61
9. 5. Lithuanian Muslims’ attitudes toward participation in the democratic political process: the case of converts 83
10. 6. Political participation of European Muslims in France and the United Kingdom 102
11. Part Two. Participation as integration
12. 7. Muslim collective mobilisations in contemporary Europe: new issues and new types of involvement 129
13. 8. How politically integrated are Danish Muslims? Evidence from the Muhammad cartoons controversy 140
14. 9. Limits and potentialities of the Italian and British political systems through the lens of Muslim women in politics 163
15. 10. Representing ‘Islam of the banlieues’: class and political participation among Muslims in France 190
16. Part Three. Institutions as gateways
17. 11. Creating the image of European Islam: the European Council for Fatwa and Research and Ireland 215
18. 12. The political participation of Polish Muslim Tatars – the result of or the reason for integration? From Teutonic wars to the Danish cartoons affair 239
19. 13. The Alevi quest in Europe through the redefinition of the Alevi movement: recognition and political participation, a case study of the FUAF in France 255
20. 14. Leicester Muslims: citizenship, race and civil religion 277
21. Part Four. Breaking the bounds
22. 15. Muslims and electoral politics in Britain: the case of the Respect Party 299
23. 16. Clichés are funny as long as they happen on stage: comedy as political criticism 322
24. Notes on the contributors 339
25. Index 343