TY - JOUR
T1 - Political opportunity structures and the activism of first- and second-generation Muslims in two Italian cities
AU - Mezzetti, Giulia
AU - Mezzetti, Giulia
AU - Ricucci, Roberta
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The contribution describes Muslims’ opportunities for activism and political participation, as shaped institutionally and discursively, in Milan and Turin. It analyses the interplay between the national level and the local level, and assesses the implications that contrasting local arrangements have for Muslims’ activism, claims-making and, to a certain extent, even self-identifications – especially with reference to young, second-generation Muslims. In Milan, Muslims are confronted with a very closed system of political opportunities, while Turin crated a much more open system, which aims at co-opting second-generation organisations in particular. The consequence is that while in Milan Muslims – especially second-generation ones – are resigned to being merely the recipients of integration policies, in Turin they can conceive themselves more as partners of the city’s institutions, by resorting to a strategy of ‘active citizenship’.
AB - The contribution describes Muslims’ opportunities for activism and political participation, as shaped institutionally and discursively, in Milan and Turin. It analyses the interplay between the national level and the local level, and assesses the implications that contrasting local arrangements have for Muslims’ activism, claims-making and, to a certain extent, even self-identifications – especially with reference to young, second-generation Muslims. In Milan, Muslims are confronted with a very closed system of political opportunities, while Turin crated a much more open system, which aims at co-opting second-generation organisations in particular. The consequence is that while in Milan Muslims – especially second-generation ones – are resigned to being merely the recipients of integration policies, in Turin they can conceive themselves more as partners of the city’s institutions, by resorting to a strategy of ‘active citizenship’.
KW - Milan
KW - Muslims
KW - Turin
KW - participation
KW - political opportunity structures
KW - Milan
KW - Muslims
KW - Turin
KW - participation
KW - political opportunity structures
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/271241
UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09637494.2019.1678979
U2 - 10.1080/09637494.2019.1678979
DO - 10.1080/09637494.2019.1678979
M3 - Article
SN - 0963-7494
VL - 47
SP - 405
EP - 422
JO - RELIGION STATE & SOCIETY
JF - RELIGION STATE & SOCIETY
ER -