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Title:
Muslims on the map : a national survey of social trends in Britain
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International library of human geography ; 13
Publication Information:
New York : Tauris Academic Studies, 2008
Physical Description:
xxiv, 222 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9781845114718

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Summary

Summary

Many faith groups in the UK - most notably Muslims - have in recent years challenged the idea that religion should be predominantly a matter for the private domain. In response to this challenge, the 2001 National Census included the question of religious affiliation. Using the large-scale data of the 2001 National Census, "Muslims on the Map" has created the first long awaited community profile which looks at Muslims as an entire faith community from a sociological and social policy perspective. In her analysis, Serena Hussain reveals the social position of Muslims as a group compared to other faith communities in terms of educational qualifications, economic activity and housing conditions and as demonstrated by other poverty indicators. In doing so, she provides the first significant, comprehensive portrait of Muslim communities in modern Britain.


Author Notes

Serena Hussain completed her PhD at the University of Bristol and is currently working on a project exploring migration and ethnic geographies at the Univesity of Leeds. Though her principle expertise is in Muslims in Britain, she has also worked on community tolerance, young people and unemployment, asylum seekers and 'hidden' ethnic communities.


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There is obvious relevance to the study of Muslims in Britain, and this book adds to the existing literature on the topic. Based on survey materials spanning a period from 1994 to 2001, Hussain's monograph is primarily concerned with the interpretation of such survey data and its meaningful translation into policy recommendations. The author argues for the usefulness of studying Muslims in Britain as a community with heterogeneous but also unified identity markers, rather than dividing them into smaller ethnic categories. Her findings indicate that Muslims in Britain have (sometimes-severe) disadvantages in obtaining human capital through education, adequate quality housing, and employment because of their religious identities and community membership. Much of the data comes from the religion question on the 2001 UK census of population, and focuses on England and Wales. The book's style is rather dry, and Hussain tends to rely heavily on the purported authority of other scholars. While a good resource for quantitative sociological data analysis, the book, with its qualitative limitations, ultimately leaves more complex analyses of important questions for other scholars and volumes to consider. Summing Up: Optional. Upper-division undergraduates and above. J. Hammer University of North Carolina at Charlotte


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