Many imagine political ulterior motives in this book while this is a sociological analysis (high level):
-Some Say they are helping nationalist ideas.
-Other Say she betrayed the national cause by legitimizing his work as a solution to prevent radical parties.
-still Others explain they stigmatize Islam, etc. As long as the rating for political ulterior motives ...
In reality -for independent readers is more simply, it is a: excellent sociological analysis tool of France of the decade 2000-2010. Two excellent books where there are mines of information for understanding (all tendencies the French situation on taboo issues of immigration, assimilation and religion)
Besides, there are brilliant analyzes of the religious practice of the generation born in 1981-1990 (eg P.131 in "Assimilation: the end of the French model") where there is no stigma since Analyses are carried out on Muslim populations like Catholics (and growing interaction of contact between the two.)
As concerns the statistical study of immigration, Tribalat the figure are much more reliable than The "INSEE" (whose Detat statisticians hide the reality of the figures for television and liars policies.)
A dark observation when we perceive the French situation since the years 1990-2000 to 2010. In this sense, it may cling to see how the political right and left betray us ...
In short, it is a sociological and political understanding necessary tool for those who want to leave the pitch Besancenot and find other sources than those proposed by the official bodies ...
Nb: I appreciate E. Todd (who is better in the anthropological history of family structures), but on questions of immigration, assimilation and religion; Tribalat is much higher.