Legal Integration of Islam: A Transatlantic Comparison

by Christian Joppke and John Torpey

The status of Islam in Western societies remains deeply contentious. Countering strident claims on both the right and left, Legal Integration of Islam offers an empirically informed analysis of how four liberal democracies--France, Germany, Canada, and the United States--have responded to the challenge of integrating Islam and Muslim populations. Demonstrating the centrality of the legal system to this process, Christian Joppke and John...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674072847
• ISBN13: 9780674072848
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"