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Author Sniderman, Paul M., author.

Title Paradoxes of liberal democracy : Islam, Western Europe, and the Danish cartoon crisis / Paul M. Sniderman, Michael Bang Petersen, Rune Slothuus, Rune Stubager
Published Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 186 pages) : illustrations
Series Book collections on Project MUSE
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Political Science and Policy Studies Supplement
Contents Introduction -- A clash of rights -- The covenant paradox -- Flash point: the ideological bases of anti-immigration politics -- The concept of inclusive tolerance -- The democratic impulse -- [Appendices] : A. Timeline of the cartoon crisis -- B. Description of the main data set -- C. Comparison of respondents from the height and aftermath of the crisis -- D. Scaling and measurement of core variables
Summary In 2005, twelve cartoons mocking the prophet Mohammed appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, igniting a political firestorm over demands by some Muslims that the claims of their religious faith take precedence over freedom of expression. Given the explosive reaction from Middle Eastern governments, Muslim clerics, and some Danish politicians, the stage was set for a backlash against Muslims in Denmark. But no such backlash occurred. Paradoxes of Liberal Democracy shows how the majority of ordinary Danish citizens provided a solid wall of support for the rights of their country's growing Muslim minority, drawing a sharp distinction between Muslim immigrants and Islamic fundamentalists and supporting the civil rights of Muslim immigrants as fully as those of fellow Danes--for example, Christian fundamentalists. Building on randomized experiments conducted as part of large, nationally representative opinion surveys, Paradoxes of Liberal Democracy also demonstrates how the moral covenant underpinning the welfare state simultaneously promotes equal treatment for some Muslim immigrants and opens the door to discrimination against others. Revealing the strength of Denmark's commitment to democratic values, Paradoxes of Liberal Democracy underlines the challenges of inclusion but offers hope to those seeking to reconcile the secular values of liberal democracy and the religious faith of Muslim immigrants in Europe
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-175) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 -- Caricatures and cartoons
SUBJECT Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 -- Caricatures and cartoons
Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 fast
Mahomet (prophète de l'Islam ; 057.-0632) ram
Morgenavisen jyllands-posten. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009073544
Morgenavisen Jyllands-posten fast
Jyllands-posten (périodique) ram
Subject Democracy -- Social aspects -- Denmark
Caricatures and cartoons -- Political aspects -- Denmark
Islam and state -- Denmark
Freedom of speech -- Denmark
Religious pluralism -- Political aspects -- Denmark
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Islamic Studies.
Caricatures and cartoons -- Political aspects
Democracy -- Social aspects
Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects
Emigration and immigration -- Religious aspects
Freedom of speech
Islam and state
Démocratie -- Aspect social -- Danemark.
Liberté d'expression -- Danemark.
Caricatures et dessins humoristiques -- Aspect politique -- Danemark.
Islam et État -- Danemark.
Pluralisme religieux -- Aspect politique -- Danemark.
Demokrati -- sociala aspekter.
Yttrandefrihet.
Muhammedkarikatyrer -- politiska aspekter.
Islam och staten.
Religiös pluralism -- politiska aspekter.
Immigration.
SUBJECT Denmark -- Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects
Denmark -- Emigration and immigration -- Religious aspects
Subject Denmark
Danemark -- Émigration et immigration -- Aspect politique.
Danemark -- Émigration et immigration -- Aspect religieux.
Genre/Form Electronic books
caricatures.
Caricatures
Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures.
Caricatures.
Form Electronic book
Author Petersen, Michael Bang, author.
Slothuus, Rune, author.
Stubager, Rune, author.
LC no. 2013035897
ISBN 9781400852673
1400852676