Tag Archive: diversity

Journal Special Issue: European Court of Human Rights and minority religions

Religion, State and Society, 2017, 45 (3-4) This special issue is devoted to an exploration of a disconnect between messages generated by the ECtHR through its case law and messages received at the grassroots level, in the domain of minority religious claims. Specifically, the contributions in this special issue critically assess some of the Court’s […]

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Banal, Benign or Pernicious? Religion and National Identity from the Perspective of Religious Minorities in Greece

Author: Effie Fokas Published in:  New Diversities, 2015, Vol. 17, No. 1, 47-62 Intersections between religion and law are increasingly permeating the public sphere. From burqa bans to same-sex marriage, a strong relationship between religion and national identity (whether ‘negative’, as in the French case, or ‘positive’ as in the Greek case), can often be […]

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Muslims in the 21st century Europe: structural and cultural perspectives

The collective volume Muslims in 21st Century Europe, edited by Anna Triandafyllidou,  explores the interaction between native majorities and Muslim minorities in various European countries with a view to highlighting different paths of integration of immigrant and native Muslims. Starting with a critical overview of the institutionalisation of Islam in Europe and a discussion on […]

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Daniel Faas – From Foreigner Pedagogy to Intercultural Education: an analysis of the German responses to diversity and its impact on schools and students

Germany has been reluctant to adapt its education systems to the growing number of minority ethnic students, and politicians and policy makers have only recently officially acknowledged that Germany is an immigration country despite decades of mass immigration. This article first provides a socio-historical analysis of the German responses to migration-related cultural and religious diversity […]

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EMILIE – Policy Papers on Education and Cultural Diversity

All the policy papers produced by EMILIE research project’s partners on education and cultural diversity: Educational Challenges Posed by Migration to Poland Katarzyna Gmaj, Krystyna Iglicka, Centre for International Relations, Warsaw November 2007 English version, Polish version The Challenge of Immigration for Spanish Education Policy Ricard Zapata Barrero, Nynke de Witte, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona […]

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