Residential Segregation, Religious Affiliation and Ethnicity

Studies of immigrant groups within the UK have long
been couched in terms of nation-based ethnic
classifications. Yet the religious affiliation of
such groups is increasingly prominent within
societal and policy discourse. Previous studies have
examined the spatial distribution of ethnic groups
or religious affiliation but rarely have the
interactions between ethnicity and faith been
considered.

This book details results from Sarah-Anne Munoz's
doctoral research that investigated whether religion
is important in explaining the residential
patterning of ethnic minority groups by
considering the Indian and Pakistani
populations of two Scottish cities. The book
presents both quantitative and qualitative
understandings of ethnic-faith geographies, as well
as utilising a unique set of geographical boundaries
to make accurate comparisons between different
census years. This assesses the role of religious
affiliation in the production and evolution of
ethnic residential segregation. Using qualitative
methods it also investigates the role of religion in
the construction of place-based identities and
notions of community.

Autorentext

Sarah-Anne Munoz is a Human Geographer with MA, MSc (Population Geography)and PhD from the University of Dundee, Scotland. She currently works as a Research Fellow with UHI Millennium Institute. Her research interests centre aroundmigration processes, residential segregation, identity, community, the Third Sector and use of the outdoors.

Klappentext

Studies of immigrant groups within the UK have long been couched in terms of nation-based ethnic classifications. Yet the religious affiliation of such groups is increasingly prominent within societal and policy discourse. Previous studies have examined the spatial distribution of ethnic groups or religious affiliation but rarely have the interactions between ethnicity and faith been considered. This book details results from Sarah-Anne Munoz's doctoral research that investigated whether religion is important in explaining the residential patterning of ethnic minority groups by considering the Indian and Pakistani populations of two Scottish cities. The book presents both quantitative and qualitative understandings of ethnic-faith geographies, as well as utilising a unique set of geographical boundaries to make accurate comparisons between different census years. This assesses the role of religious affiliation in the production and evolution of ethnic residential segregation. Using qualitative methods it also investigates the role of religion in the construction of place-based identities and notions of community.