Politics, Religion and Gender

Abstract

Framing and Regulating the Veil: An Introduction Sieglinde Rosenberger and Birgit Sauer Part 1: Frames and Framing 1. Veiled Debates: Gender and Gender Equality in European National Narratives Rikke Andreassen and Doutje Lettinga 2. Thinking through Secularism: Debates on the Muslim Veil in Europe Eirini Avramopoulou, Gul Corbacioglu and Maria Eleonora Sanna 3. Negotiating Belonging: Or How a Differentiated Citizenship is Legitimized in European Headscarf Debates Nora Gresch, Petra Rostock and Sevgi Kilic 4. Discursive Europeanization? Negotiating Europe in Headscarf Debates Ilker Atac, Sieglinde Rosenberger and Birgit Sauer Part 2: Regulations and Actors 5. Legal Regulations: Responses to the Muslim Headscarf in Europe Sabine Berghahn 6. Regulating Religious Symbols in Public Schools: The Legal Status of the Islamic Headscarf in Bulgaria Kristen Ghodsee 7. The Limits of Populism: Accommodative Headscarf Policies in Austria, Denmark, and the Netherlands Leila Hadj-Abdou, Sieglinde Rosenberger, Sawitri Saharso and Birte Siim 8. In the Name of Laicite and Neutrality: Prohibitive Regulations of the Veil in France, Germany, and Turkey Sabine Berghahn, Gul Corbacioglu, Petra Rostock and Maria Eleonora Sanna 9. Non-Regulation: Opportunity for Freedom of Religion or Sedimentation of Existing Power Structures? Rikke Andreassen, Eirini Avramopoulou, Nora Gresch, Sevgi Kilic and Birgit Sauer 10. Muslim Women's Participation in the Veil Controversy: Austria and the UK Compared Leila Hadj-Abdou and Linda Woodhead. Conclusion: The Veil as a Case of Value Diversity and European Values Sawitri Saharso