Diaspora by Design: Muslim Immigrants in Canada and Beyond follows a series of postcolonial, post-9/11 books and studies that challenge "the common misperceptions of Muslim immigrants as a homogenous, religiously driven group, and identif[y] the tensions they experience within their host countries" (Inside cover). Merging socioeconomic data with qualitative analysis, Moghissi, Rahnema, and Goodman explain that the Muslim Diaspora is diverse in terms of urban-rural location, culture, religion, class and gender, and that it is impossible to outline standard experiences that would be common to all members in the Diaspora. Moghissi, Rahnema, and Goodman stress that integration is a two-way exchange that requires proactive assimilative actions by the immigrant as well as a readiness to remove social and economic barriers by the host society. As part of its mixed methodology, this book provides emotionally-laden accounts to supplement quantitative data that, together, help in the analysis of the dynamics of Muslim immigration to Western countries. The emotional undertones sway the reader towards the opinion that, for generations, Muslims in the West have experienced silencing, discrimination and social exclusion, causing them either to form diasporic communities disconnected from society or to lash out in protest against policies that hinder their integration into the larger society. This book begins by reviewing the theories and concepts surrounding the phrase "Muslim Diaspora". The authors discuss the diversity within the Muslim Diaspora and how Muslims in the West experience multi-dimensional identities consisting of their gender, religion, secularism, ethnicity, nationalism, and class, among other markers. Members of the Muslim Diaspora-who may or may not identify with Islam-are drawn to each other because of a shared sense of isolation from the host culture. By staying attached to their original cultures, diasporic Muslims gain a sense of belonging and feel that they are fighting against hegemony. The second chapter discusses the methodology and the sample studied. The methodology used is a comparative method within a systematic framework, where "instances were examined as parts of an integrated whole and in isolation" (17). The representative sample comes from snowball methods combined with quota sampling. The four communities studied in this book are Pakistani, Afghan, Iranian and Palestinian in origin. The study shows that despite high levels of
Contrary to prevalent arguments in the literature on Iranian work councils ('showras'), this article contends that the push for councils was a premature initiative. While political repression was a very important factor in the defeat of council movement, the demise of the movement stemmed mainly from the weaknesses of the Iranian working class and the left, from the nature and structure of the councils and from the objective conditions in which they were operating. Questioning the theoretical and conceptual basis of workers' councils and worker control, the article points to different forms of industrial democracy as the only viable option for articulating the demands of working people.
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