Contract governance of religious diversity in a German city-state and its ambivalences
This contribution discusses whether specific German policy instruments developed to govern relations between the state and religious communities are a decisive step towards legal equality or of limited impact when extended to non-Christian religious minorities. I research the effects of the 2012 co...
| Published in: | Religion, state & society |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2019]
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| In: |
Religion, state & society
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hamburg
/ Religious pluralism
/ Governance
/ Muslim
/ Alawites
/ Contract
/ Equal status
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| RelBib Classification: | BJ Islam KBB German language area |
| Further subjects: | B
Muslims
B Religious Diversity B Alevis B Contract governance B multilevel governance B Germany |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | This contribution discusses whether specific German policy instruments developed to govern relations between the state and religious communities are a decisive step towards legal equality or of limited impact when extended to non-Christian religious minorities. I research the effects of the 2012 contracts' concluded between the city's government and the Muslim and Alevi communities in the German city (state) of Hamburg by drawing on academic research, analysing official documents and interviewing city officials and local politicians. I find that the contracts are a decisive step towards legal equality but bring with them shortcomings that show the limited impact of contract governance measured against the complex reality of (non-)religious life in contemporary societies. |
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| ISSN: | 1465-3974 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion, state & society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2019.1682445 |