The Burqa affair across Europe
- ISBN: 9781409470656
- Editorial: Ashgate Publishing Limited
- Fecha de la edición: 2013
- Lugar de la edición: Aldershot. Reino Unido
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 22 cm
- Nº Pág.: 268
- Idiomas: Inglés
In recent years, the wearing of the full-face veil or burqa/niqab has proved a controversial issue in many multi-cultural European societies. Focussing on the socio-legal and human rights angle, this volume provides a useful comparative perspective on how the issue has been dealt with across a range of European states as well as at European institutional level. In so doing, the work draws a theoretical framework for the place of religion between public and private space. With contributions from leading experts from law, sociology and politics, the book presents a comparative and interdisciplinary approach to one of the most contentious and symbolic issues of recent times.