Immigration, Islam and the Politics of Belonging in France: A Comparative Framework
Book by Elaine R. Thomas, Bard College
Reviewed by Caroline Nagel, University of South Carolina
Spring 2014
Caroline Nagel, an Associate Professor of Geography at the University of South Carolina, reviews Immigration, Islam and the Politics of Belonging in France: A Comparative Framework. The book deals with the conceptions of citizenship and belonging in France as well as the political claims of Muslim immigrants and minority populations. It focuses particularly on the nationality law reform in France in the 1980s and the controversy over the wearing of headscarves in French state schools.
Read the book review at https://doi.org/10.1111/imre.12077.