European anti-discrimination and the politics of citizenship: Britain and France

The EU anti-discrimination agenda, as set out by the Amsterdam Treaty of 1997, has become a major issue for understanding the future of citizenship in Europe. This collection of writing, which features internationally -renowned contributors, including Andrew Geddes, Stephen Castles and John Rex, examines the impact of anti-discrimination policies in Britain and France. Arguing that national citizenship has entered a 'citizenship dilemma', based on the contradiction between the widespread existence of discrimination and citizenship as a central project of an equality-based society, this study explores key issues including the impetus behind the anti-discrimination agenda, the limits of achieving inclusion via national citizenship, how institutional and sociological contexts, primarily prisons and the military, encourage discrimination and the gender dimension of discrimination.

Highlighting the inherent contradictions in the notion of citizenship, these essays move the debate beyond the opposition between ethnicity and citizenship and demonstrate ways to achieve equality in multicultural and globalized societies.

Contents
Introduction - Christophe Bertossi.

PART I: FROM CITIZENSHIP TO DISCRIMINATION: THE LIMITS OF INCLUSION
Nation and Empire: Hierarchies of Citizenship in the New Global Order - Stephen Castles;
Cultures of Equality, Traditions of Belonging - Anja Rudiger;
Does Anti-Discrimination Require Recognition? - Estelle Ferrarese;
Social Citizenship, Ethnic Minorities and the Welfare State - John Rex.

PART II: THE EU FIGHT AGAINST DISCRIMINATION
Social Exclusion, Diversity and the EU's Anti-Discrimination Agenda - Carl-Ulrik Schierup;
The Europeanization of Anti-Discrimination in Britain and France - Andrew Geddes & Virginie Guiraudon;
Religious Discrimination: Muslims Claiming Equality in the EU - Valérie Amiraux.

PART III: DISCRIMINATION IN FRENCH AND BRITISH CONTEXTS
Societal Framework in Britain and France: Muslims in Prison - Jim Beckford & Danièle Joly;
Ethnicity, Islam and Allegiances in the French Military - Christophe Bertossi;
Refugees, Gender and Citizenship in Britain and France - Khursheed Wadia;
Afterword - Etienne Balibar.