Instructors
David Laitin - James T. Watkins IV and Elise V. Watkins Professor of Political Science; CISAC Faculty Member

Preference to freshmen. The specter of Islamized societies haunts Europe. Fears of a fifth column of terrorism and a challenge by a population of religious fanatics to a largely secularized continent are recurrent in political dialogue from Spain to Austria. Are these worries a result of everyday xenophobia common to situations of foreign immigration or whether certain immigrants from the Middle East, Turkey, South Asia and Africa face special challenges due to their Islamic heritage? Sources include survey and experimental data from France, claims made about this immigrant population, readings in French political discourse and the European political context. Final paper that compares analysis of the data and claims in the literature.

Level
Undergraduate

Units
5

Department
Department of Political Science
School of Humanities and Sciences