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- Title
Veil Bans in Western Europe: Interpreting Policy Diffusion.
- Authors
Piatti-Crocker, Adriana; Tasch, Laman
- Abstract
Veil Bans in Western Europe: Interpreting Policy Diffusion examines the diffusion of Muslim veil-ban laws in four Western European countries within the last decade; France, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands. Nationwide bans on full-face Muslim veiling are rooted in several systemic, normative, and political accounts and advocated by contrasting political ideologies. Methodologically, this paper employs an integrative perspective to explain the process of diffusion in some countries but not in others, by exploring both external and internal factors that led to policy innovation. Overall, full-face Muslim veil bans in Western Europe have been intended to accelerate cultural integration of minorities to European values and traditions, but have been challenged by Muslim minorities in the region and their rights of expression and religion.
- Subjects
WESTERN Europe; NIQAB (Islamic clothing); VEILS; POLICY diffusion; IDEOLOGY; FREEDOM of expression; GOVERNMENT policy; LAW
- Publication
Journal of International Women's Studies, 2015, Vol 16, Issue 2, p15
- ISSN
1539-8706
- Publication type
Article