CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OF IMMIGRANTS AND THE BENEFICIAL POTENTIAL OF RELIGION
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT OF IMMIGRANTS AND THE BENEFICIAL POTENTIAL OF RELIGION
Author(s): Astrid MattesSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Centrul de Analiza Politica
Keywords: Social capital, civil society, civic engagement, social integration, Muslim minorities, second generation immigrants, Islam in Europe
Summary/Abstract: Since the publishing of Robert Putnam’s „Bowling Alone“, the relation between religious engagement and the production of social capital is on the agenda of scholars of religious studies and sociology. He argued that religiously engaged people are essential for democracy as they fulfill the need for civil participation by generating social capital to a greater extent than non-religious people.
Journal: Europolis, Journal Of Political Science And Theory
- Issue Year: 7/2013
- Issue No: 02 (14)
- Page Range: 152-173
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English