Does Europe waste its human capital? First statistical estimates of the real situation of Europe's Muslims and the Lisbon process
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2007
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Working Paper/Manuscript
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WORKING PAPER NUMBER:
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4982
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60 p.
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SUBJECT(S):
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International Political Economy
Minority studies
European integration
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Political Science
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http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/5004/
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English
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PUB ID:
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103-441-753
(Last edited on
2008/03/17 08:26:13 GMT-6)
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ABSTRACT:
This paper highlights the question of “Muslim integration” in Europe from the recent perspective of the social integration of non-nationals in the EU, put forward by the European Commission (2007). While there is a never-ending debate on Islamism, Islamist terrorism and the identity of Europe vis-ŕ-vis growing Muslim communities in Europe, there are hardly any solid cross-national data being presented on the real extent of the Islamist threat facing Europe, and on the social conditions that lead to Islamist radicalism. Our rigorous quantitative results, based on the first systematic use of the Muslim community data contained in the “European Social Survey” (ESS), all support a socio-liberal view of “migration” and “integration”, and contradict the very extended current alarmist political discourse in Western Europe.
We present materials, based on the ESS that give strong support to the hypothesis that passive support for Islamist radicalism in Europe and the complete distrust in democracy does not exceed 400.000 persons. Regrettable as Islamist extremism in Europe might be, it is a far way from alarmist views that present “Islam” in Europe as such as being incompatible with the future of democracy.
We also find that Muslim economic and social alienation in Europe very much corresponds to deficiencies of the implementation of the “Lisbon” process.
Finally, we show that a high Muslim population share and a successful integration of non-nationals on the European labor markets are well compatible with economic growth after 1990 in Europe.
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