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The African Diaspora Population in Britain
This insightful book examines the Black African diaspora in Britain through an examination of its demography, recent patterns of migration, changing patterns of residence, and socio-economic position. It provides an analysis of the areas where Black Africans face disadvantage, including labour market participation, housing markets, health and social care, and residence in deprived neighbourhoods. This original and important research also deals with categories and identities, using data collected in the 2011 Census on national identity, and the resulting investigation of the social, cultural and civic life of Black Africans presents the substantial heterogeneity concealed in the label 'Black African', concluding by highlighting the policy implications of this vital research.
African Pentecostalism in Britain
Based on ethnographic research among African Pentecostal Christians living in the UK, this book addresses themes of migration and community formation, religious identity and practice, and social and political exclusion. With attention to strained kinship relationships, precarious labour conditions, and struggles for legal and social legitimacy, it explores the ways in which intimacy with a Pentecostal God – and with fellow Christians – has been shaped by the challenges of everyday life for Africans in the UK. A study of religious subjectivity and the success of the so-called ‘prosperity’ gospel, African Pentecostalism in Britain examines the manner in which the presence of God is realised for believers through their complex and often-fraught relationships of trust and intimacy with others. As such, it will appeal to sociologists and anthropologists with interests in migration and religion.
The Oxford Handbook of Superdiversity
"Over the past three decades, there has been a global sea-change in the nature of international migration. In myriad places around the world this kind of deep shift has had significant impacts on the local configurations and dynamics of diversity. Old and new immigration sites across the world have experienced rapid and increasing movements of people from more varied national, ethnic, linguistic and religious backgrounds. These movements have emerged along with a diversification of migration channels and legal statuses and, more broadly, greater societal attention towards identity politics Worldwide, in concurrent but differing ways, these migration-driven trends are deeply transforming soci...
Cursed Britain
The definitive history of how witchcraft and black magic have survived, through the modern era and into the present dayCursed Britain unveils the enduring power of witchcraft, curses and black magic in modern times. Few topics are so secretive or controversial. Yet, whether in the 1800s or the early 2000s, when disasters struck or personal misfortunes mounted, many Britons found themselves believing in things they had previously dismissed – dark supernatural forces.Historian Thomas Waters here explores the lives of cursed or bewitched people, along with the witches and witch-busters who helped and harmed them. Waters takes us on a fascinating journey from Scottish islands to the folklore-r...
Zimbabwe's New Diaspora
Zimbabwe’s crisis since 2000 has produced a dramatic global scattering of people. This volume investigates this enforced dispersal, and the processes shaping the emergence of a new "diaspora" of Zimbabweans abroad, focusing on the most important concentrations in South Africa and in Britain. Not only is this the first book on the diasporic connections created through Zimbabwe’s multifaceted crisis, but it also offers an innovative combination of research on the political, economic, cultural and legal dimensions of movement across borders and survival thereafter with a discussion of shifting identities and cultural change. It highlights the ways in which new movements are connected to older flows, and how displacements across physical borders are intimately linked to the reworking of conceptual borders in both sending and receiving states. The book is essential reading for researchers/students in migration, diaspora and postcolonial literary studies.
Statistik und Rassismus
Seit 2000 gilt in der Europäischen Union das Antidiskriminierungsgesetz. Der Bedarf, Daten über die Ethnizität von Menschen zu erheben, ist seither deutlich gewachsen. Am Beispiel des britischen Zensus zeigt Linda Supik, dass die statistische Erfassung von Ethnizität zwar unvermeidlich rassifizierende Effekte hervorbringt. Sie macht Rassismus aber auch als strukturelles Problem europäischer Gesellschaften thematisierbar, sichtbar und gezielt bekämpfbar.
Der lange Sommer der Flucht – 2015 und die Jahre danach
Was bleibt fünf Jahre nach dem Sommer 2015 und den anhaltenden Fluchtbewegungen? Welche Bedeutung kommt den Ereignissen von 2015 immer noch zu und in welche Lebensbereiche ragen diese hinein? Der vorliegende Sammelband nimmt sich dem Thema Flucht aus verschiedenen Perspektiven an. Er vereint dabei Beiträge von Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen aus der Soziologie, Sozialpsychologie, Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie sowie der Kommunikations- und Kulturwissenschaft und gibt Anstöße für die andauernden Debatten um das Thema Flucht nach Europa. Der Sammelband ist ein Projekt des soziologiemagazin e.V. Der Verein setzt sich für die Sichtbarkeit nachwuchswissenschaftlicher Perspektiven ein und bringt im gleichnamigen Heft diese zu unterschiedlichen Themen der Gesellschaft zur Sprache. Auch auf dem Blog unter www.soziologiemagazin.de werden sozialwissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzungen gefördert.
Families and Communities Responding to AIDS
The first comprehensive book on the vital topic of care and support networks for AIDS sufferers Examines a variety of family and community contexts including extended family households and gay community networks
