Coercive Concern: Nationalism, Liberalism, and the Schooling of Muslim Youth (Anthropology of Policy)

"Coercive Concern is an important book as it sheds light on how the forces of Islamophobia-which affect all those perceived as Muslims-come together to shape realities for youth in schools....Coercive Concern is an important read for scholars, teachers, academics, and educators who want to challenge the homogenous discourses and curriculum on diversity in classrooms." -- Shaireen Rasheed * ReOrient * "Jaffe-Walter insightfully sheds light on everyday enactments of bias in the educational lives of immigrant youth. This beautifully written, timely book provides important lessons for educators, practitioners, policy makers, and researchers on both sides of the Atlantic." -- Carola Suarez-Orozco * co-author of Learning a New Land: Immigrant Students in American Society * "This book shows that what appear on the surface to be benign liberal-democratic policies of integration for immigrants in Denmark are experienced by Muslim immigrant youth in their daily school life as not-so-subtle pressures toward assimilation. Jaffe-Walter's compelling narrative uncovers the inherent contradictions within the gentle discipline and punishment of culture difference." -- Frederick Erickson * University of California, Los Angeles * "In Jaffe-Walter's skillful hands, the story inside Coercive Concern acts as a provocative mirror for those of us living in 'liberal democracies,' revealing the cultural practice of othering in the stark language of exclusion and the soft language of concern." -- Michelle Fine, The Graduate Center * CUNY *