Unveiling the Nation: The Politics of Secularism in France and Quebec by Emily Laxer
English | April 30th, 2019 | ISBN: 0773556281, 077355629X | 305 pages | True PDF | 2.08 MB
Over the last few decades, politicians in Europe and North America have fiercely debated the effects of a growing Muslim minority on their respective national identities. Some of these countries have prohibited Islamic religious coverings in public spaces and institutions, while in others, legal restriction remains subject to intense political conflict. Seeking to understand these different outcomes, social scientists have focused on the role of countries' historically rooted models of nationhood and their attendant discourses of secularism.