This paper reviews the book Why Muslim Integration Fails in Christian-Heritage Societies by Claire Adida, David Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort (hereafter, ALV), providing an analytical perspective on the issues related to minority discrimination and integration in a host society. Building upon the sociological and recent economic approaches to cultural integration, we highlight the different mechanisms behind the existence of a discriminatory equilibrium between a majority group and a minority group in a given social context. The paper then discusses the specific case of the Muslim minority groups in the French context and outlines the strengths and limitations of the research approach expanded by ALV. We finally consider the policy proposals provided by ALV, assessing their viability, as well as the dynamic political economy constraints they might face in a Christian-heritage society.

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克莱尔·阿迪达（Claire Adida），大卫·莱汀（David Laitin）和玛丽·安妮·瓦尔福特（Marie-Anne Valfort）撰写的关于为什么穆斯林融合在基督教-遗产社会中失败的论文

本文回顾了克莱尔·阿迪达（Claire Adida），戴维·莱汀（David Laitin）和玛丽·安妮·瓦尔福特（Marie-Anne Valfort）（以下简称ALV）撰写的《为什么穆斯林融合在基督教-遗产社会中失败》一书，提供了与东道国少数民族歧视和融合有关的问题的分析视角。在文化融合的社会学和最新经济方法的基础上，我们强调了在给定的社会背景下，多数群体和少数群体之间存在歧视性均衡的不同机制。然后，本文讨论了法国背景下的穆斯林少数群体的具体情况，并概述了ALV扩展的研究方法的优势和局限性。我们最终会考虑ALV提供的政策建议，评估其可行性，