Paradoxes of Liberal Democracy Islam Western Europe and the Danish Cartoon Crisis 1st Edition by Paul Sniderman, Michael Bang Petersen, Rune Slothuus, Rune Stubager ISBN ‎ 0691161100 978-0691161105

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ISBN 10: 0691161100 

ISBN 13: 978-0691161105

Author:  Paul M. Sniderman, Michael Bang Petersen, Rune Slothuus,  Rune Stubager

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.

Table of contents: 

1 Introduction
2 A Clash of Rights
3 The Covenant Paradox
4 Flash Point: The Ideological Bases of Anti-Immigration Politics
5 The Concept of Inclusive Tolerance
6 The Democratic Impulse

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