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Author Schader, Miriam, author

Title Religion as a political resource : migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin and Paris / Miriam Schader
Published Wiesbaden, Germany : Springer VS, 2017
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Description 1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables
Series Veröffentlichungen der Sektion Religionssoziologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie
Veröffentlichungen der Sektion Religionssoziologie in der DGS
Contents Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Note to the readers:; 1 Introduction; 2 Three approaches to the political involvement of migrants -- a short overview over the state of research and some theoretical considerations; 2.1 Three major perspectives on (migrant) political participation and collective mobilisation: A very short overview; 2.1.1 Resources as a necessary requirement for political involvement; 2.1.2 Identity, frames and migrant political involvement:; 2.1.3 Political context and migrant transnationalism shaping individual and collective political involvement
2.2 Some theoretical considerations on religion and the political involvement of migrants2.2.1 Religion as an organisational resource; 2.2.2 Religious identities and religion as a symbolic resource for political involvement; 2.2.3 Taking religious and political context factors into account; 3 Methodology; 3.1 Case selection and comparative design: a "comparaison à géométrie variable"; 3.1.1 Comparing Christian, Muslim and secular African migrants; 3.1.2 Choosing the field: studying migrants in the city; 3.1.3 The main focus of the study: Berlin
3.1.4 Adding a comparative perspective: Berlin and Paris3.2 Data collection and analysis; 3.2.1 Data collection; 3.2.2 Interview methodology and thematic framework; 3.2.3 Network data; 3.2.4 Research among highly vulnerable migrants -- access to the field in Berlin and Paris; 4 Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin and Paris; 4.1 African migrants in Berlin and Paris -- visible and invisible at the same time; 4.1.1 African migrants in Germany and France: countries of birth and (former) nationalities; 4.1.2 A young and precarious population
4.1.3 The religious makeup of the population from sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin and Paris4.2 The political and religious contexts: a short overview; 4.2.1 Borders; 4.2.2 Citizenship; 4.2.3 Racism and the colonial legacy; 4.2.4 Migrant religion in Germany and France and Berlin and Paris; 4.2.5 Collective grievances and political goals; 5 Religion as an organisational resource: Religious self-organisation of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin and Paris; 5.1 African organisations and networks in Berlin
5.2 Secular and religious interorganisational networks in Berlin: a social network analysis5.2.1 Affiliation with overarching organisations; 5.2.2 Co-membership ties; 5.2.3 Central actors within the network of secular and Christian organisations; 5.3 Key Christian actors in the network; 5.3.1 Central Christian actors in the network: co-membership in secular and Christian federations; 5.4 Summary of the results of the social network analysis; 6 "Jesus was a revolutionary": Religion as structural and symbolic political resource
Summary Miriam Schader shows that migrants can use religion as a resource for political involvement in their (new) country of residence - but under certain circumstances only. The author analyses the role religious networks and symbols play for the politicization and participation of Muslim and Christian migrants from sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin and Paris. Against the widely held belief that Islam is a 'political religion' in itself, this study demonstrates that Christian migrants draw on their religion for political action more easily than their Muslim counterparts. It also highlights that it is not religion in general which helps migrants get politically active, but particular forms of religious organisations and particular theological elements. Contents Three Approaches to the Political Involvement of Migrants Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin and Paris Religion as an Organisational Resource: Religious Self-Organisation of Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa in Berlin and Paris "Jesus was a Revolutionary": Religion as Structural and Symbolic Political Resource Target Groups Researchers and students in the fields of sociology, political science, migration studies, and urban planning (Migrant) activists, urban planners, social workers, religious leaders, local administrators and politicians The Author Miriam Schader is a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Immigrants -- Political activity
Political participation -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Political participation -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Africans -- Political activity -- Germany -- Berlin -- Case studies
Africans -- Political activity -- France -- Paris -- Case studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- World -- African.
Political participation -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Political participation -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Immigrants -- Political activity
France -- Paris
Germany -- Berlin
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 3658167882
9783658167882
3658167874
9783658167875