New book on Muslim discourses of Integration
Wed, 08 Jul 2015 13:58:00 BST
The ‘integration’ or the supposed lack of it by British Muslim communities has been a constant focus for sections of politics and the media over the past decades, often with little or no evidence base. That makes a forthcoming book by the University of Huddersfield’s Dr Shamim Miah particularly timely. Titled ‘Muslims, schooling and the question of self-segregation’, the book published by Palgrave Macmillan draws on empirical research amongst both Muslim school students and parents to examine discourses of ‘integration’ in the light of key policy developments around ‘race’, faith and citizenship.
This book aims to contribute towards a national debate on integration, schooling and Muslim communities and to challenge stereotypes about ‘Muslim separateness’. This book is ideal for policy analysts, think tanks, academics and students.
The publisher states that ‘it aims to contribute towards a national debate on segregation, schooling and Muslims in Britain through deconstructing the received wisdom of 'Muslim separateness'.’
Reviews on the Palgrave Macmillan website include:
'Theoretically informed and empirically substantiated, Shamim Miah has produced a vitally important intervention on the 'integration' debates… a must read for both researchers and policy makers alike.' - Dr Nasar Meer, Reader in Comparative Social Policy and Citizenship, Strathclyde University.
" It brilliantly investigates several highly contested concepts – segregation, integration, radicalisation, Britishness – offering innovative insights into how we re-imagine educational equality and justice." Mairtin Mac an Ghail, Professor of Education at Newman University, Birmingham
"…a compelling and penetrating analysis of civic integration and community cohesion in Britain. Demonstrating how complex choices surrounding housing and schooling have been misconstrued as 'self-segregation', Shamim Miah clearly indicates that British Muslims consistently strive to contribute, to engage and to integrate." - Paul Nesbitt-Larking, Professor of Political Science and Visiting Professor,Department of Political Science, Huron University College, Canada and School of Health and Human Sciences, University of Huddersfield, UK
