Migrants’ (Im)mobilities in Three European Urban Contexts (eBook)

Global Pandemic and Beyond

Marco Caselli, Jörg Dürrschmidt, John Eade (Herausgeber)

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2024 | 2024
XI, 226 Seiten
Springer Nature Switzerland (Verlag)
978-3-031-53773-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This book analyses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on three ethnic minorities in three European cities: Bangladeshi in London, Turks in Stuttgart and Peruvians in Milan. Considerable debate has emerged during the pandemic concerning its impact on minorities, and although considerable quantitative data has been generated by epidemiologists, qualitative studies also have great relevance, socially and culturally as well as institutionally. While in normal circumstances the position of migrant communities is associated with unequal access to scarce resources such as wealth, power and social prestige, the coronavirus pandemic shifted the focus to more specific variables: living in segmented or overcrowded conditions, working in jobs with higher risk exposure, difficulties with online schooling, and lack of access to health care and information.

The book will therefore be of interest to researchers and students of sociology, anthropology, global studies, migration and urban studies.  

Marco Caselli is Professor in Sociology, Sociology of Cooperation and Methodology of Social Research at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy.

Jörg Dürrschmidt is Co-Director of IAF (Institute for Applied Research) at the University of Applied Sciences Ludwigsburg, Germany.

John Eade is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Univ of Roehampton, and Visiting Professor, Toronto University, Canada. 

Inhalt

Acknowledgements 6
Contents 7
Notes on Contributors 9
List of Figures 11
Chapter 1: Introduction: State Capacity, Capacity to Aspire and Layered Resilience During a Pandemic 12
1.1 A Research Project on the Impact of the Pandemic 12
1.2 From Heroism to Normality—Placing the Concept of Layered Resilience 16
1.3 Solidarity and Belonging—Social Cohesion in Times of Pandemic 19
1.4 A Note on Methodology: Comparative Sociological Forensics 21
1.5 Contents of the Book 26
References 30
Part I: Three Case Studies: London, Stuttgart, and Milan 34
Chapter 2: Bangladeshis in London and Tower Hamlets: Community Activism and the Local State 35
2.1 Introducing the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Its Bangladeshi Population 35
2.2 The Pandemic in UK: A Timeline and Its Differential Impact 39
2.3 Impact of COVID-19 on Bangladeshis in Tower Hamlets and Their Response 40
2.4 The Impact of the First 2020 Lockdown 42
2.5 Volunteering: The Covid Champions, Community Centres and Political Activists 43
2.6 Vaccination Campaign from Late 2020: Encouraging Bangladeshi Engagement 46
2.7 Economic Considerations 48
2.8 Family Dynamics and Generation 50
2.9 State Regulations and Muslim Funerals 50
2.10 A Wider Community: Middle-Class Residents 54
2.11 Conclusion 55
References 56
Chapter 3: Turkish Migration in Stuttgart: Potential and Limits of ‘Integrationism’ 58
3.1 Migration and Integration in Germany: A Society in Transition 58
3.2 Migration and Integration in Stuttgart: Assembly Line Integration 61
3.3 Turkish Migrants in Stuttgart 65
3.4 The Corona Pandemic in Germany and Its Impact on the Migrant Population: An Overview 68
3.5 The Impact of the Pandemic on Turkish Migrant Integration in Stuttgart 74
3.6 Future Integration: A Post-Corona and Post-migration Society 83
3.7 Concluding Remarks: The Outstanding Bill of Integration Policy 89
References 90
Chapter 4: Peruvians in Milan: Subsidiarity the Other Way Round 94
4.1 Peruvians in Milan: An Overview 94
4.1.1 Migration and Migrants in Italy 94
4.1.2 Milan and Migrations 96
4.1.3 Peruvians in Italy and Milan 97
4.2 The Pandemic in Italy 99
4.3 The Impact of COVID-19 on Peruvians in Milan and Their Response 101
4.3.1 The Impact of COVID: Problems and (Tentative) Answers 101
4.3.2 Planning the Future 117
4.4 Final Remarks on the Case of Italy 119
References 121
Part II: Towards a Sociological Understanding of Layered Resilience 124
Chapter 5: Migrant Mediators as Promoters of Social Cohesion During the Pandemic: An Analysis of the Mutual Learning Process 125
5.1 Introduction 125
5.2 The Ambivalent Effects of the Pandemic on Migrants and Minorities 127
5.3 Mutual Learning in the Scientific Literature: A Look at Migrant Studies 129
5.4 Migrant Mediators as Facilitators of Mutual Learning During the Pandemic in London, Milan and Stuttgart 132
5.5 Forms of Reciprocity 132
5.6 Forms of Learning 134
5.7 Forms of Mutual Learning 136
5.7.1 In London 137
5.7.2 In Milan 139
5.7.3 In Stuttgart 140
5.8 Conclusions 141
References 143
Chapter 6: Resisting, Reacting and Reinventing: Exploring the Role of Minority Religious Solidarities in Milan and London During the Pandemic 147
6.1 Framing Minority Religions and Their Role(s) at the Time of the Pandemic 147
6.2 Surviving the Storm: Religious Communities as Pandemic Welfare Providers in Milan 150
6.3 The Role of Religious Communities as Civic Intermediators in Milan 153
6.4 The Role of Mosques During the Pandemic: The Case of the Brick Lane Mosque 158
6.5 The Impact of the 2020 Lockdown on Religious Life 160
6.6 Mortality During the Pandemic: The Role of the Brisk Lane Mosque 162
6.7 Conclusion 163
References 165
Chapter 7: The Importance of Urban Culture as a Middle Ground Between State and Ethnic Minorities in Negotiating (Im)mobilities: The London Context 167
7.1 Introduction 167
7.2 The ‘entirety’ of Tower Hamlets 168
7.3 Elastic Networked Systems 172
7.4 Technology, Bangladeshis and the COVID-19 Pandemic in London 172
7.5 Together Networks 177
7.6 Issues Around Choice and Freedom 180
7.7 Some Final Remarks 182
References 183
Chapter 8: Good (Local) Governance and State Capacity: Continuity and Difference in Times of Pandemic and Beyond 186
8.1 State Capacity and Migrant Integration: The Importance of the Local Level 186
8.2 Resilient Urban Culture of Cooperation: Stuttgart 189
8.3 Urban Culture of Cooperation as a Battleground: Stuttgart 195
8.4 Post-multiculturalism and the NHS as a Strong Institution: London 201
8.5 Latent State Absenteeism Meets Induced Associationism: Milan 208
8.6 Conclusion 217
References 218
Chapter 9: Conclusion: Towards a Sociological Understanding of Layered Resilience 222
References 228
Index 230

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.3.2024
• Reihe/Serie: Europe in a Global Context
• Zusatzinfo: XI, 226 p. 9 illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Capacity to aspire • Covid-19 • ethnography • Immigration • Minority Studies • State Capacity
• ISBN-10: 3-031-53773-4 / 3031537734
• ISBN-13: 978-3-031-53773-8 / 9783031537738