Back, L., Keith, M., Khan, A., Shukra, K. and Solomos, John (2009) Islam and the new political landscape : faith communities, political participation and social change. Theory, Culture & Society, 26 (4). pp. 1-23. doi:10.1177/0263276409104965

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Abstract

In this article we consider the forms of democratic participation that revolve around issues of religious faith and Islam. The context of such work is one in which a concern with the levels of participation in the political institutions of Western Europe and North America feature prominently in both journalistic and academic debate. The article speaks to debates that are concerned with the efficacy of specific forms of participation. In doing so we argue that we need to think carefully about the forms of social action that constitute participation in the democratic process. We also need to think precisely about definitions of the political with which people engage. If we take the political as a domain in which the ethical settlement of society is contestable, the sorts of mobilization around faith communities that this article describes are clearly a form of political participation. Yet the article argues that the reasons many become involved in these forms of social organization in contemporary East London is precisely because they are seen as less complicit with mainstream political institutions of the British state.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Journal or Publication Title:	Theory, Culture & Society
Publisher:	Sage Publications Ltd.
ISSN:	0263-2764
Official Date:	July 2009
Dates:	Date Event July 2009 Published
Volume:	26
Number:	4
Page Range:	pp. 1-23
DOI:	10.1177/0263276409104965
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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