GINO G. RAYMOND is Professor of Modern French Studies at the University of Bristol, UK. His recent publications include The French Communist Party during the Fifth Republic and Redefining the French Republic, ed. with A.Cole. TARIQ MODOOD, O.B.E. is Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy at the University of Bristol, UK. His recent publications include Multiculturalism, Muslims and Citizenship: A European Approach(ed.) and Multiculturalism: A Civic Idea.

• Introduction; G.Raymond & T.Modood PART ONE: APPROACHES TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF MINORITY IDENTITIES Secularism and the Accommodation of Muslims; T.Modood & R.Kastoryano The Construction of What?; M.Wieviorka Debating Cultural Difference in France; C.Wihtol de Wenden The French Republic Unveiled; M.Silverman PART TWO: EXPERIENCING THE CONSTRUCTION OF MINORITY IDENTITIES Shifting Socio-Cultural Identities: Young People of North African Origin in France; N.Kiwan Converging at Last? France, Britain and their Minorities; V.Latour Veiled Interventions in Pure Space: Honour, Shame and Embodied Struggles Among Muslims in Britain and France; P.Werbner The Construction of Identity, Integration and Participation of Caribbeans in British Society; H.Goulbourne