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The accommodation of Muslim body practices in German public swimming pools
- Source :
- Ethnic and Racial Studies
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2020.
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Abstract
- The renegotiation of secularity for Muslims has reached sports facilities such as swimming pools, where the human body is central and an element of cross-cultural contestation. The present study identifies factors that could explain intra-organizational variations in religious accommodation. Data from a survey of geo-located swimming pools in Germany (n = 339) shows that conflict among users becomes more likely if the variation in body practices, the share of right-wing populist votes and the population of immigrant background increases. On the organizational level, we find that 75 per cent of the pools in our sample allow the burqini while only 10 per cent provide separate swimming hours for women. Higher shares of right-wing populist (and to a lesser extent of conservative) votes in the organization’s environment correlate with a higher likelihood of burqini bans. Our findings suggest that the relationship between organizational change and citizens’ attitudes is loose at best.
- Subjects :
- organizational change
Sociology and Political Science
religiousness
Integration
Sociology & anthropology
immigrant integration
German
Einstellung
swimming pools
public facility
050602 political science & public administration
Frau
Migration
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
Religiosität
05 social sciences
Gender studies
body
organization
Muslim
Körper
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
humanities
Secularity
öffentliche Einrichtung
0506 political science
woman
religious accommodation
language
ddc:300
ddc:301
050703 geography
Accommodation
Cultural Studies
cultural identity
0507 social and economic geography
Federal Republic of Germany
Political science
ddc:330
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Social sciences, sociology, anthropology
kulturelle Identität
Religionssoziologie
business.industry
Muslims
Migrant
social sciences
Human body
language.human_language
Soziologie, Anthropologie
attitude
Anthropology
organisatorischer Wandel
Sociology of Religion
Element (criminal law)
business
human activities
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14664356 and 01419870
- Volume :
- 43
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ethnic and Racial Studies
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....667295c8539c2e9348bf43d7b0ec60bd