All European countries are confronted with claims by Islamic groups for religious rights in the public domain, as well counterclaims those who want to deny Muslims such rights. Examples controversies over mosque construction, education and right wear headscarves burqas. We show that across there striking differences kind of around which conflicts centre. Issues highly controversial some entirely absent from debate other countries. explain these reference national path dependencies resulting...

Journal Article A Struggle over Religious Rights? How Muslim Immigrants and Christian Natives View the Accommodation of Religion in Six European Countries Get access Sarah Carol, Carol Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES) WZB Berlin Social Science Center Address correspondence to A5,6 68131 Mannheim; email: sarah.carol@mzes.uni-mannheim.de Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Marc Helbling, Helbling Ines Michalowski Forces, Volume 94,...

Transnational marriages of migrants in Western Europe tend to be seen as hampering integration. In response, policies have been tightened, despite little knowledge on transnational and the effects such measures. This paper investigates role individual preferences contextual factors family reunification policies, group size development levels regions origin partner choice children Turkish Moroccan immigrants. We draw a novel dataset collected Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands,...

The most influential theory on partner choice, from which I will also depart, the assortative mating, starts premise that individuals prefer to marry someone who shares certain characteristics denoted by Greek term 'homophily'. Religious and ethnic homophily are very important in this context. Consequently, paper looks at marriages between natives migrants of different origin, same time interreligious as focus is Muslim migrants. Marriages countries with a large majority have been reported...

What are the attitudes of Europeans with or without immigrant backgrounds toward abortion? Who opposes approves practice? To investigate these questions, we draw on EURISLAM survey, which gathered data nonmigrants and non-Muslims (majority) in Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland as well Muslim minorities origin (from Morocco, Turkey, Pakistan, former Yugoslavia) who resident European countries. Taking assimilation theory our point departure, hypothesize that societal climate...

AbstractMost studies on social integration of ethnic minorities focus the role segregation, intergroup threat and hostility. The parents values they try to convey has received much less attention. These may include ideas about appropriate choice friends spouses. Previous have shown an impact parental attitudes contacts interethnic their school-aged children. But do adult children also reflect in networking? Parental influence begin wane when become older. This article investigates children's...

Abstract The key question of this paper is whether social integration, both for minority (migrants) and majority groups (natives) in Western Europe, varies across contexts exit (ethnic origins) reception (Western European countries); if so, how does religious identity practice serve to mediate these contextual differences? To investigate I draw on the international comparative dataset EURISLAM which includes comparisons between Muslim migrants ex‐Yugoslav, Turkish, Moroccan Pakistani origin...

Urban research assigns immigrant enclaves an ambiguous role. While such areas are seen as rich in beneficial ethno-religious infrastructures and networks, they also tend to be located deprived stigmatised inner-city neighbourhoods. Research on neighbourhood attainment provides evidence for both, a desire attain mainstream middle-class neighbourhoods, which grows the more immigrants their descendants establish themselves society, but continuing attraction of residing close co-ethnics. To...

Abstract Although numerous studies have focused on ethnic discrimination in the labour and housing market, carpooling has barely been covered. Yet is indispensable for many minorities because they face severe economic inequalities. In order to test we conducted a correspondence test. We sent out requests from four fictitious user profiles drivers listed one of Germany's websites. All users were aged mid‐20s: two males females. One man woman had German names, second set Turkish names. total,...

Abstract The Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DİTİB) runs more than 900 mosques in Germany and circulates Friday sermons these mosques. Our analysis provides a nuanced depiction of the link to homeland by conducting qualitative quantitative content analyses 481 from 2011 2019. To what extent are relations with Turkey reflected sermons? And how is concept “home” those While homeland-related issues constitute minority overall, occurs five different contexts within sermons: First,...

Health literacy (HL) is considered to be an important precondition for health. HL research often identifies migrants as vulnerable low HL. However, in-depth data on among especially in its domains of health care, disease prevention and promotion determinants are still scarce. The aim this study was therefore analyse the current status their descendants from Turkey former Soviet Union (FSU) Germany factors associated with it. This has not been studied using large-scale bilingual interviews....

Attitudes towards intergroup dating and their determinants are important to comprehend group boundaries of multicultural societies. Our contribution investigates gender ethnic differences in approval among 18 year olds from 11 groups Belgium. We observe the level dating. However, these disparities largely explained by degree sexual liberalization, parental control religiosity. Moreover, associations control, liberalization religiosity with attitudes differ for girls boys. conclude...

The news about sexual assaults and robbery committed by mostly young North African males on New Year's Eve of 2015/2016 in Cologne elsewhere went around the world. It triggered a revival question role religion plays crime, particular whether Muslims are more criminal. To answer this question, we investigate ethnic minority majority youths' delinquency Cologne, Mannheim (Germany) Brussels (Belgium) using unique large-scale datasets. Our results indicate that youths not exceptionally violent....

Relevance. Following the UK's withdrawal from European Union in 2020, discussions continue UK about feasibility of such a step. There are somewhat different assessments society and among representatives official authorities state influence role United Kingdom as member on various processes Western countries, particular political economic spheres. The purpose this study is to provide historical analysis characterization situation EU states. main scientific method used writing research...

This paper analyses the relationships between nationalism and conspiracy theories during COVID-19 pandemic. We focus on two main issues: 1) intensity character of belief in across five European societies: Germany, England, Ireland, Serbia, Sweden; 2) how is commitment to specific nationalist ideologies linked with theories. The data indicates that those who described themselves as highly religious politically right-wing are more prone believe strong versions Furthermore, primordialism...

This article asks what the main factors are that influence expression of Vaccine Nationalism among population England. The analysis is based on data collected in 2021 as part project entitled World Problem, National Solutions. A set logistic regressions test to extent (1) personal experiences pandemic and respondents' vulnerability, (2) perceived threat from other nations, (3) political identities attachment nationalist ideology, (4) pride national achievement at time COVID-19 affect a...

Figuratively speaking, the COVID-19 pandemic (2019–22) stripped nations naked, exposing bare structure of how nationalism, as driving force behind nation-states, operates on ground. Based a survey conducted in April 2021 five countries (Sweden, Serbia, Germany, Ireland and England), we thematically analyze two open-ended questions who should be remembered heroes villains pandemic, demonstrating that people's perception is shaped reimagined through category their own nation-state. Two main...

Nowadays, the problem of disappearance primitive culture, primary foundations people’s self-consciousness, which are lost in conditions that promote imposition values, through politicisation, crisis phenomena, economic consequences, during forced migration and search for more comfortable living conditions, is acute. The process social modification occurs due to unconventional changes acts as “face” identification nation, collective consciousness, identity moral cohesion. purpose study define...

This elite survey has been carried out as part of the data collection effort WZB bridging project “The Political Sociology Cosmopolitanism and Communitarianism”. Elites from five countries that were selected to represent world regions (Germany, Poland, Turkey, Mexico USA) compose cross-national samples. Moreover, we included a sample elites working at EU global levels. For each these seven cases, sampled positional in following 12 societal sectors: politics, administration, justice, military...

To what extent were individuals willing to help others during the pandemic? This article examines pro-social attitudes among 7000 residents in England, Ireland, Germany, Serbia, and Sweden by showing a fictitious scenario of an older neighbour who needs his groceries be picked up from nearby supermarket. The online survey experiment follows 3 × 2 factorial design varying ethno-religious origin neighbours signalled name (Alexander vs Mohammed), length their residence (<1 year, 10 years,...