Populism and the Crisis of Democracy - 9781138091382

Taylor & Francis

Populism and the Crisis of DemocracyVolume 3: Migration, Gender and Religion\nAuthor(s): Gregor Fitzi, Juergen Mackert, Bryan Turner\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138091382, 978-1138091382\nSynopsis\nThe contributions to this volume Migration, Gender and Religion bring together empirically grounded and theoretically sophisticated case studies of populist responses to what are perceived to be the threats to national survival and sovereignty from uncontrolled immigration. The demographic context declining fertility rates and ageing populations promotes the belief that high Muslim fertility rates are material evidence of an Islamic threat to the West, to national cohesion and particularly to the safety and dignity of the women of the host community. \n\nConsequently, gender plays an important part in populist ideology, but populist attitudes to gender are often contradictory. Populist movements are often marked.