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The International Spectator [2]

The French Debate on National Identity and the Sarkozy Presidency: A Retrospective

Authors:
Jonathan Laurence [3]
Gabriel Goodliffe [4]
15/03/2013

Nicolas Sarkozy's presidency presented a mixed record on the issues of Muslim immigration and integration. On the one hand, his administration took novel and constructive steps to advance the integration of Muslim immigrants into French society, notably through the granting of unprecedented official recognition and institutional representation to Islam in the country. On the other, by placing the immigration issue at the centre of his 2012 re-election strategy, he overshadowed and undermined the effectiveness of these integrative policies. Given the country's worsening economic outlook and rising unemployment, immigration is therefore likely to remain as salient and difficult an issue under the new Hollande administration as it was under Sarkozy's.

Keywords: France, immigration policy, Sarkozy, Islam

Details

  • Details

    p. 34-47
  • In:
    The International Spectator [2]
  • Issue

    48/1
  • ISBN/ISSN/DOI:
    10.1080/03932729.2012.758914

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