Tag: sociology
New Book: The Oxford Handbook of European Islam (Jocelyne Cesari, Editor)
The Oxford Handbook of European Islam is the first collection to present a comprehensive approach to the multiple and changing ways Islam has been...
Thesis Claims Dutch Temp Agencies Enable Discrimination
2 November 2011
A master’s thesis written by two sociology students at Amsterdam’s Free University concludes that the nation’s temporary job agencies participate in discrimination....
US Homegrown terrorism still a small threat, study says
Homegrown terrorism is not a significant threat in the US, according to Professor Charles Kurzman, a professor of sociology at the University of North...
Contemporary Muslim Consumer Cultures – an Emerging Field of Study
Consumer culture in the Muslim world, or Muslims as a specific target group who participate actively in a consumer market, are rather new realms...
