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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300857303321

Autore

Banfi Elisa

Titolo

Welfare Activities by New Religious Actors [[electronic resource] ] : Islamic Organisations in Italy and Switzerland  / / by Elisa Banfi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-62096-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXI, 275 p. 2 illus. in color.)

Collana

Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series

Disciplina

361.65

Soggetti

Welfare state

Social structure

Equality

Political sociology

Europe—Politics and government

Politics of the Welfare State

Social Structure, Social Inequality

Political Sociology

European Politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Analysing Islamic Welfare Activism in Western European Countries -- 3. Islamic Sociocultural Activism in Zurich -- 4. Islamic Sociocultural Activism in Rome -- 5. Islamic Sociocultural Activism in Geneva -- 6. Islamic Sociocultural Activism in Milan.-7.Intranational and Cross-National Data Analysis -- 8. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a comparative examination of Islamic welfare activities across urban areas in both Switzerland and Italy, in order to address general issues relating to the welfare engagement of Islamic organisations in Europe. Welfare Activities by New Religious Actors describes how Islamic organisations have been coordinated and structured in Geneva, Milan, Rome, and Zurich; four cities not yet analysed in the literature on Islamic welfare. It also explores the institutional opportunities and constraints are able to influence forms of social religious activities at the local and international level by



bringing together two research fields that seldom speak to each other: social network analysis and political opportunity theory. This book will appeal to scholars of Sociology, Anthropology and Religious Studies dealing with the social and political inclusion of Muslims in Europe and the social activities of Islamic organisations in Western countries.