The Construction of Minority Identities in France and Britain

1. Introduction
Tariq Modood

Part I. Approaches to an Understanding of the Construction of Minority Identities

2. Secularism and the Accommodation of Muslim Identities
Tariq Modood, Riva Kastoryano

3. The Construction of What?
Michel Wieviorka

4. Debating Cultural Difference in France
Catherine Wihtol Wenden

5. The French Republic Unveiled
Max Silverman

Part II. Experiencing the Construction of Minority Identities

6. Shifting Sociocultural Identities: Young People of North African Origin in France
Nadia Kiwan

7. Converging at Last? France, Britain and their Minorities
Vincent Latour

8. Veiled Interventions in Pure Space: Honour, Shame and Embodied Struggles among Muslims in Britain and France
Pnina Werbner

9. The Construction of Identity, Integration and Participation of Caribbeans in British Society
Harry Goulbourne

10. Conclusion
Tariq Modood

Keywords: Social Sciences, Political Sociology, Ethnicity Studies, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Regional and Cultural Studies