Islamophobia in the West

Marc Helbling is Head of the research group 'Immigration Policies in Comparison' (IMPIC) at the Social Science Research Centre Berlin (WZB), Germany. His recent publications include Restructuring Political Conflict in Western Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2011, with Hanspeter Kriesi, Edgar Grande et al.) and Practising Citizenship and Heterogeneous Nationhood: Naturalisations in Swiss Municipalities (Amsterdam University Press, 2008). He has also published articles in journals such as the European Journal of Political Research, Ethnic and Racial Studies, and the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

• 1. Islamophobia in the West: An Introduction Part 1: How to Measure Islamophobia 2. Prejudice Against Muslims: Associations with Personality Traits and Political Attitudes Part 2: The Scope of Islamophobia: Public Debates, Attitudes and Reactions 3. Assessing Islamophobia in Britain: Where Do Muslims Really Stand? 4. Attitudes toward Muslims in Norway 5. Islamophobia in Sweden: Politics, Representations, Attitudes and Experiences 6. Islamophobia in Spain? Political Rhetoric Rather Than a Social Fact Part 3: How To Explain Islamophobia 7. An Ecological Analysis of the 2009 Swiss Referendum on the Building of Minarets 8. Islamophobia and Its Explanation 9. The Aftermath of 9/11: Tolerance towards Muslims, Islamophobia and Value Orientations 10. Political Tolerance for Muslim Practices: An Intergroup Perspective 11. Revisiting Islamophobia in Contemporary Britain, 2007–10 Part 4: Are Muslims Different From Other Outgroups? Ethnocentrism and Terrorism 12. Islamophobia and the Band of Others 13. Think 'Terrorist', Think 'Muslim'? Social-Psychological Mechanisms Explaining Anti-Islamic Prejudice

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