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...

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Publié dans:Religion, state & society
Auteur principal: Körs, Anna (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Routledge [2019]
Dans: Religion, state & society
Année: 2019, Volume: 47, Numéro: 4/5, Pages: 456-473
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Hamburg / Pluralisme religieux / Gouvernance / Musulman / Alévites / Contrat / Égalité
RelBib Classification:BJ Islam
KBB Espace germanophone
Sujets non-standardisés:B Muslims
B Religious Diversity
B Alevis
B Contract governance
B multilevel governance
B Germany
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Résumé: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.
ISSN:1465-3974
Contient:Enthalten in: Religion, state & society
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2019.1682445