Consequences of religious and secular boundaries among the majority population for perceived discrimination among Muslim minorities in Western Europe

Bibliographic Data

ID7843716
AuthorsSabine Trittler (University of Konstanz, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume45
Issue7
Pages1127-1147
Publication date2019-05-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Community (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1369183x.2018.1437343
OpenAlexW2788949512
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited59

While the concept of symbolic boundaries and ethnic boundary-making is well established in social research, the direct consequences of these boundaries for the integration of migrants have not received much attention. This paper thus analyses whether religious and secular boundaries of national belonging among the majority population have an impact on perceived discrimination among Muslim minorities in Western Europe. To analyse this linkage, data from the International Social Survey Programme measuring the importance of religion as a symbolic boundary of national belonging among the majority have been aggregated as a regional context condition and combined with a Muslim minority subsample from the European Social Survey. The results of the multilevel models reveal that the salience of religious boundaries is associated with less perceived discrimination among Muslim minorities, while secular orientations among the majority seem to be more decisive for subjective perceptions of feeling discriminated against. Overall, the results thus challenge the role of religion as an ethno-religious demarcation and point to the relevance of secular boundaries of belonging for immigrant integration

Ethnic group · European Social Survey · Feeling · Geography · Immigration · Political science · Politics · Population · Social integration · Sociology · Anthropology · Demography · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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