Socio-Economic Disadvantages and Lack of Recognition: Impacts on Citizenship Within Australian Muslim Communities

Despite a significant body of scholarship exploring the impact of securitisation and racism upon Australian Muslims, comparatively little work has been undertaken exploring the specific socio-economic challenges facing Muslim communities and resultant impacts upon citizenship. Even less research has...

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Published in:Journal of intercultural studies
Authors: Roose, Joshua M. 1980- (Author) ; Peucker, Mario (Author) ; Akbarzadeh, Shahram 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2023
In: Journal of intercultural studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 44, Issue: 2, Pages: 216-238
Further subjects:B intergenerational disadvantage
B Socio-economic disadvantage
B political activism
B Citizenship
B civic recognition
B Muslim
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Summary:Despite a significant body of scholarship exploring the impact of securitisation and racism upon Australian Muslims, comparatively little work has been undertaken exploring the specific socio-economic challenges facing Muslim communities and resultant impacts upon citizenship. Even less research has looked at this in the context of the ‘9/11 generation’ of young Western Muslims born at or just prior to the turn of the century. Drawing upon Nancy Fraser’s social justice framework, this article argues that Muslim citizenship is not only affected by a persistent lack of recognition, but also by ongoing socio-economic disadvantage. Drawing on specially tabulated census data, this research article explores the socio-economic status and trajectories of Australian Muslims, paying particular attention to the situation of those born in Australia. It concludes with a call to pay more attention to the way in which the interplay between (often intergenerational) material marginalisation and persistent stigmatisation and misrecognition affects Australian Muslims’ civic and political activism.
ISSN:0725-6868
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of intercultural studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/07256868.2022.2102597