TY  - THES
A1  - Schmidt, Max Oliver
T1  - Umkämpftes Asyl
BT  - Seenotrettung und Kirchenasyl als organisationale Strategien zur Usurpation des EU-Grenzregimes und zwischengesellschaftlicher Schließungssysteme
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TY  - JOUR
A1  - Apelt, Maja
A1  - Koch, Annika
A1  - Michalowski, Ines
A1  - Molzberger, Kaspar
A1  - Schenk, Liane
A1  - Schmidt, Max Oliver
T1  - How organisations regulate Muslim body practices
BT  - a comparison of schools, hospitals, and swimming pools
JF  - Comparative migration studies
N2  - In a comparison of three human service organisations in which the human body plays a key role, we examine how organisations regulate religious body practices. We concentrate on Muslim norms of dressing and undressing as a potential focal point of cultural and religious diversity. Inspired by Ray’s (2019) idea of racialized organizations, we assume that state-run organizations in Germany are characterized by a strong commitment to religious tolerance and non-discrimination but also marked by anti- Muslim sentiment prevalent among the German population. Our study looks for mechanism that explain how Human Service Organizations accommodate Muslim body practices. It draws on qualitative empirical data collected in state-run hospitals, schools and swimming pools in Germany. Our analyses show that the organizations draw on formal and informal rules at the organizational level to accommodate Islam. We identify five general organizational mechanisms that may hinder Muslim accommodation in human service organizations. In particular, we see a risk of decoupling between the expectation of religious tolerance and processes that lead to informal discrimination, driven mainly by the difficulty of controlling group dynamics among users.
Y1  - 2023
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-023-00355-y
SN  - 2214-594X
SN  - 2214-8590
VL  - 11
PB  - European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations
CY  - Utrecht
ER  -