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The city as a continuous laboratory for diversity: the case of Geneva
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Abstract After a long period of interest of religious plurality in the nation-state, the sociology of religion, with the impulse of the sociology of migration, has turned its attention to the city. This local level allows us to understand the issues of diversity governance. This article takes advantage of th... mehr
After a long period of interest of religious plurality in the nation-state, the sociology of religion, with the impulse of the sociology of migration, has turned its attention to the city. This local level allows us to understand the issues of diversity governance. This article takes advantage of the literature on the governance of migration to apply it to the governance of religious diversity. Using data from the National Congregations Study and available data on Geneva, this article will first show how past responses to the emergence of diversity determine the path for future decisions. To this top-down regulation of religion responds one or more bottom-up strategies of religious communities to find legitimacy in a constraining environment. Based on the unit of the religious community, this study on Geneva provides a historical case of the evolution of diversity. This historical perspective provides the consistency of the current governance of religious diversity, illuminating the struggle for recognition of the minority groups.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Kanton Genf; Stadt; Migration; Religionssoziologie; Religionsgemeinschaft; Rahmenbedingung; Recht; soziale Anerkennung; Schweiz
Klassifikation
Religionssoziologie
Migration
Freie Schlagwörter
recognition; religious diversity; super-diversity
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 262-272
Zeitschriftentitel
Social Inclusion, 8 (2020) 3
Heftthema
Religious minorities and struggle for recognition
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)