Alien Citizens

The State and Religious Minorities in Turkey and France

Ramazan Kılınç

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9781108476942
• eBook ISBN: 9781108758741
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Comparative Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

How does international context influence state policies toward religious minorities? Using parliamentary proceedings, court decisions, newspaper archives, and interviews, this book is the first systematic study that employs international context in the study of state policies toward religion, and that compares Turkey and France with regard to religious minorities. Comparing Christians in Turkey and Muslims in France, this book argues that policy change toward minorities becomes possible when strong domestic actors find a suitable international context that can help them execute their policy agendas. The Turkish Islamists used the European Union to transform the Turkish politics that brought a reformist moment for Christians in the 2000s. The Far Right in France utilized the rise of Islamophobia in Europe to adopt restrictive policies toward Muslims. Ramazan K?l?nç argues that the presence of an international context that can favor particular groups over others, shifts the domestic balance of power, and makes some policies more likely to be implemented than others.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Series page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Acknowledgments
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Part I Historical Institutions
• Part II International Context
• Part III Domestic Actors and Policy Change
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index