Caselli / Dürrschmidt / Eade Migrants' (Im)mobilities in Three European Urban Contexts

Global Pandemic and Beyond
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-53773-8
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 233 Seiten

Reihe: Europe in a Global Context

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.  

Autoren/Hrsg.

Caselli, Marco

Dürrschmidt, Jörg

Eade, John

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;6
2;Contents;7
3;Notes on Contributors;9
4;List of Figures;11
5;Chapter 1: Introduction: State Capacity, Capacity to Aspire and Layered Resilience During a Pandemic;12
5.1;1.1 A Research Project on the Impact of the Pandemic;12
5.2;1.2 From Heroism to Normality—Placing the Concept of Layered Resilience;16
5.3;1.3 Solidarity and Belonging—Social Cohesion in Times of Pandemic;19
5.4;1.4 A Note on Methodology: Comparative Sociological Forensics;21
5.5;1.5 Contents of the Book;26
5.6;References;30
6;Part I: Three Case Studies: London, Stuttgart, and Milan;34
6.1;Chapter 2: Bangladeshis in London and Tower Hamlets: Community Activism and the Local State;35
6.1.1;2.1 Introducing the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Its Bangladeshi Population;35
6.1.2;2.2 The Pandemic in UK: A Timeline and Its Differential Impact;39
6.1.3;2.3 Impact of COVID-19 on Bangladeshis in Tower Hamlets and Their Response;40
6.1.4;2.4 The Impact of the First 2020 Lockdown;42
6.1.5;2.5 Volunteering: The Covid Champions, Community Centres and Political Activists;43
6.1.6;2.6 Vaccination Campaign from Late 2020: Encouraging Bangladeshi Engagement;46
6.1.7;2.7 Economic Considerations;48
6.1.8;2.8 Family Dynamics and Generation;50
6.1.9;2.9 State Regulations and Muslim Funerals;50
6.1.10;2.10 A Wider Community: Middle-Class Residents;54
6.1.11;2.11 Conclusion;55
6.1.12;References;56
6.2;Chapter 3: Turkish Migration in Stuttgart: Potential and Limits of ‘Integrationism’;58
6.2.1;3.1 Migration and Integration in Germany: A Society in Transition;58
6.2.2;3.2 Migration and Integration in Stuttgart: Assembly Line Integration;61
6.2.3;3.3 Turkish Migrants in Stuttgart;65
6.2.4;3.4 The Corona Pandemic in Germany and Its Impact on the Migrant Population: An Overview;68
6.2.5;3.5 The Impact of the Pandemic on Turkish Migrant Integration in Stuttgart;74
6.2.6;3.6 Future Integration: A Post-Corona and Post-migration Society;83
6.2.7;3.7 Concluding Remarks: The Outstanding Bill of Integration Policy;89
6.2.8;References;90
6.3;Chapter 4: Peruvians in Milan: Subsidiarity the Other Way Round;94
6.3.1;4.1 Peruvians in Milan: An Overview;94
6.3.1.1;4.1.1 Migration and Migrants in Italy;94
6.3.1.2;4.1.2 Milan and Migrations;96
6.3.1.3;4.1.3 Peruvians in Italy and Milan;97
6.3.2;4.2 The Pandemic in Italy;99
6.3.3;4.3 The Impact of COVID-19 on Peruvians in Milan and Their Response;101
6.3.3.1;4.3.1 The Impact of COVID: Problems and (Tentative) Answers;101
6.3.3.2;4.3.2 Planning the Future;117
6.3.4;4.4 Final Remarks on the Case of Italy;119
6.3.5;References;121
7;Part II: Towards a Sociological Understanding of Layered Resilience;124
7.1;Chapter 5: Migrant Mediators as Promoters of Social Cohesion During the Pandemic: An Analysis of the Mutual Learning Process;125
7.1.1;5.1 Introduction;125
7.1.2;5.2 The Ambivalent Effects of the Pandemic on Migrants and Minorities;127
7.1.3;5.3 Mutual Learning in the Scientific Literature: A Look at Migrant Studies;129
7.1.4;5.4 Migrant Mediators as Facilitators of Mutual Learning During the Pandemic in London, Milan and Stuttgart;132
7.1.5;5.5 Forms of Reciprocity;132
7.1.6;5.6 Forms of Learning;134
7.1.7;5.7 Forms of Mutual Learning;136
7.1.7.1;5.7.1 In London;137
7.1.7.2;5.7.2 In Milan;139
7.1.7.3;5.7.3 In Stuttgart;140
7.1.8;5.8 Conclusions;141
7.1.9;References;143
7.2;Chapter 6: Resisting, Reacting and Reinventing: Exploring the Role of Minority Religious Solidarities in Milan and London During the Pandemic;147
7.2.1;6.1 Framing Minority Religions and Their Role(s) at the Time of the Pandemic;147
7.2.2;6.2 Surviving the Storm: Religious Communities as Pandemic Welfare Providers in Milan;150
7.2.3;6.3 The Role of Religious Communities as Civic Intermediators in Milan;153
7.2.4;6.4 The Role of Mosques During the Pandemic: The Case of the Brick Lane Mosque;158
7.2.5;6.5 The Impact of the 2020 Lockdown on Religious Life;160
7.2.6;6.6 Mortality During the Pandemic: The Role of the Brisk Lane Mosque;162
7.2.7;6.7 Conclusion;163
7.2.8;References;165
7.3;Chapter 7: The Importance of Urban Culture as a Middle Ground Between State and Ethnic Minorities in Negotiating (Im)mobilities: The London Context;167
7.3.1;7.1 Introduction;167
7.3.2;7.2 The ‘entirety’ of Tower Hamlets;168
7.3.3;7.3 Elastic Networked Systems;172
7.3.4;7.4 Technology, Bangladeshis and the COVID-19 Pandemic in London;172
7.3.5;7.5 Together Networks;177
7.3.6;7.6 Issues Around Choice and Freedom;180
7.3.7;7.7 Some Final Remarks;182
7.3.8;References;183
7.4;Chapter 8: Good (Local) Governance and State Capacity: Continuity and Difference in Times of Pandemic and Beyond;186
7.4.1;8.1 State Capacity and Migrant Integration: The Importance of the Local Level;186
7.4.2;8.2 Resilient Urban Culture of Cooperation: Stuttgart;189
7.4.3;8.3 Urban Culture of Cooperation as a Battleground: Stuttgart;195
7.4.4;8.4 Post-multiculturalism and the NHS as a Strong Institution: London;201
7.4.5;8.5 Latent State Absenteeism Meets Induced Associationism: Milan;208
7.4.6;8.6 Conclusion;217
7.4.7;References;218
7.5;Chapter 9: Conclusion: Towards a Sociological Understanding of Layered Resilience;222
7.5.1;References;228
8;Index;230