The Struggle for Inclusion: Muslim Minorities and the Democratic Ethos

The politics of inclusion is about the moral character of contemporary liberal democracies, focusing on how far non-Muslim majorities are willing to be inclusive and where they draw the line. The largest number of citizens in these democracies are more open to inclusion of Muslims than previously recognized, but there are limits to this inclusion due to the friction between liberal democratic values.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 11 January 2022
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

The politics of inclusion is about more than hate, exclusion, and discrimination.  It is a window into the moral character of contemporary liberal democracies.  The Struggle for Inclusion introduces a new method to the study of public opinion: to probe, step by step, how far non-Muslim majorities are willing to be inclusive, where they draw the line, and why they draw it there and not elsewhere.  Those committed to liberal democratic values and their concerns are the focus, not those advocating exclusion and intolerance.
 
Notwithstanding the turbulence and violence of the last decade over issues of immigration and of Muslims in the West, the results of this study demonstrate that the largest number of citizens in contemporary liberal democracies are more open to inclusion of Muslims than has been recognized. Not less important, the book reveals limits on inclusion that follow from the friction between liberal democratic values.  This pioneering work thus brings to light both pathways to progress and polarization traps. 
 

Weight: 324g
Dimension: 153 x 231 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780226807416