Public Policy and Western-Muslim Intersections
Edited by Karim H. Karim and Mahmoud Eid
Published by Palgrave Macmillan
Western and Muslim civilizations have demonstrated a vast capacity for productive engagement in the past and the present. But this long record of collaborative relationships has not prevented a contemporary escalation of the Western-Muslim “clash of ignorance”. Much of the interaction between the two sides is characterized by a mutual lack of awareness of the vital role that each played in shaping each other.
This timely book appears as policymakers search for approaches that go beyond securitization and militarization. Its chapters examine various forms of domestic and international engagement between the two civilizations.
The meticulous research on historical and contemporary experiences draws out nuances that are generally lost to most observers. It analyzes Western-Muslim intersections in the areas of civil society, education, foreign policy, immigrant integration, legal reform, media production, political participation, public opinion, and security.
Karim H. Karim is Director of the Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam and Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University.
Mahmoud Eid is Associate Professor at the Department of Communications at the University of Ottawa.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 in Communication and Media Studies, Faculty Publications, Journalism, News
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