European Anti-Discrimination and the Politics of Citizenship - Britain and France

The EU anti-discrimination agenda, as set out by the Amsterdam Treaty of 1997, has become a major issue for understanding the future of citizenship in Europe. This timely collection, which features internationally-renowned contributors, including Andrew Geddes, Stephen Castles and John Rex, examines the impact of anti-discrimination policies in Britain and France. Arguing that national citizenship has entered a 'citizenship dilemma', based on the contradiction between the widespread existence of discrimination and citizenship as a central project of an equality-based society, this study explores key issues including the impetus behind the anti-discrimination agenda, the limits of achieving inclusion via national citizenship, how institutional and sociological contexts, primarily prisons and the military, encourage discrimination and the gender dimension of discrimination. Highlighting the inherent contradictions in the notion of citizenship, these essays move the debate beyond the opposition between ethnicity and citizenship and demonstrate ways to achieve equality in multicultural and globalized societies. 'With its focus on timely issues and well-considered chapters nicely linked together, this book will be welcome in graduate and research collections. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, faculty, and practitioners.' - Willem Maas, Choice

Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; C.Bertossi PART I: FROM CITIZENSHIP TO DISCRIMINATION: THE LIMITS OF INCLUSION Nation and Empire: Hierarchies of Citizenship in the New Global Order; S.Castles Cultures of Equality, Traditions of Belonging; A.Rudiger Does Anti-Discrimination Require Recognition?; E.Ferrarese Social Citizenship, Ethnic Minorities and the Welfare State; J.Rex PART II: THE EU FIGHT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION Social Exclusion, Diversity and the EU's Anti-Discrimination Agenda; C.-U. Schierup The Europeanization of Anti-Discrimination in Britain and France; A.Geddes & V.Guiraudon Religious Discrimination: Muslims Claiming Equality in the EU; V.Amiraux PART III: DISCRIMINATION IN FRENCH AND BRITISH CONTEXTS Societal Framework in Britain and France: Muslims in Prison; J.Beckford & D.Joly Ethnicity, Islam and Allegiances in the French Military; C.Bertossi Refugees, Gender and Citizenship in Britain and France; K.Wadia Afterword; E.Balibar