The Muhammad cartoons controversy in comparative perspective

Lindekilde, Lasse; Mouritsen, Per; Zapata‐Barrero, Ricard

doi:10.1177/1468796809337434

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“…Subscribing to 'ecological modernization' theory and rhetoric (Spaargaren & Mol, 1992;York & Rosa, 2003), all countries and economic areas such as the European Union seem to aim at becoming world leaders in clean energy technology, thus benefiting from 'green growth.' A similar identification of actors with an even more imagined community is evident in the way conceptions of the world as divided into competing civilizational blocs shaped the effect of the Danish cartoon controversy of 2005 (Eide, Kunelius, & Phillips, 2008;Lindekilde, Mouritsen, & Zapata-Barrero, 2009). Informing national politics as well as international diplomacy, the event was used by actors to discursively construct a new institutionalized player, the ummah or 'Muslim world,' to which actors related themselves in various ways (Powers, 2008;Saunders, 2008).…”

Section: Actors and Identificationsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Epistemic governance: an approach to the politics of policy-making

Alasuutari

Qadir

2014

European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology

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The aim of this paper is to make a meta-theoretical contribution to conceptions of how power and governance operate in contemporary policy-making. Most approaches to governance generally brush aside the actual mechanics of how influence is wielded and social change effected. To fill this gap we argue that society is managed increasingly through epistemic governance, which works on actors' perceptions of the world and its current challenges. Our point is that regardless of which actors we assume to be influential in affecting public policies, they operate by utilizing a limited number of strategies, in broad paradigmatic as well as in focused practical dimensions. The epistemic work actors are engaged in focuses on three aspects of the social world: (1) ontology of the environment, (2) actor identifications, and (3) norms and ideals, or constructions of what the world is, who we are, and what is good or desirable. As such, we suggest ways to move beyond more or less structuralist explanations of sources and forms of power to reveal the strategies of power at play in attempts to influence policy change in the contemporary world.

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Section: Actors and Identificationsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Epistemic governance: an approach to the politics of policy-making

Alasuutari

Qadir

2014

European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology

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“…Still, the initial reactions were limited. Some diplomatic activities occurred during October 2005, most notably when eleven ambassadors from predominantly Muslim countries requested a meeting with the Danish Prime Minister, which was declined (Lindekilde, Mouritsen, and Zapata‐Barrero ).…”

Section: Data Measures and Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In sum: The prolonged Muhammad Cartoon Crisis was framed as a cultural clash between collective identities—Muslim minorities versus a secular and unified majority group (see also Lindekilde, Mouritsen, and Zapata‐Barrero ). The public debate was overwhelming—and massively biased: Islam as a threat to the democratic majority culture was the public focal point (Miera and Pala ; Sniderman et al.…”

Section: Data Measures and Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring How National Politics Influences the Outcome of Intergroup Contact among Muslim Minority Members

Thomsen

Rafiqi

2017

Sociological Inquiry

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This article adds to the existing research in intergroup contact among ethnic minority members by hypothesizing that national political debate has the capacity to enhance the positive outcomes of cross‐group interaction. Analyses show that the capacity of intergroup contact to reduce prejudice toward majority members is disproportionately stronger among Muslims than among non‐Muslim minority members. Specifically, at the time of data collection, the two categories—Muslims and majority members—were highly salient in the public debate, whereas the non‐Muslim minority member category was not primed as a contrast to the majority culture. The political debate most likely stimulated Muslims to generalize their positive contact experiences to the entire majority group. The analysis contributes to the theoretical refinement of the so‐called categorization model by focusing on politically induced reactions among contacted ethnic minority members toward majority members. The analysis utilizes a tailor‐made national sample (fielded during the Mohammad Cartoon Crisis in 2006) among ethnic minority members in Denmark (N = 3,272).

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“…One good illustration of this analysis is the Special Issue on the 'Muhammad Cartoons' case in September 2005, in Ethnicities (Lindkilde et al 2009), where the principles of freedom and equality were mobilized by different actors, reflecting a multicultural crisis in Europe (national controversies over religious diversity). Several works related to multiculturalism and European identity are now penetrating the European migration debate (Triandafyllidou and Gropas 2015;Kastoryano 2009) along similar lines.…”

Section: Bridging Elements: What a Conflict Is And How To Focus A Conmentioning

confidence: 99%