Residential Segregation, Religious Affiliation and Ethnicity

Studies of immigrant groups within the UK have long §been couched in terms of nation-based ethnic §classifications. Yet the religious affiliation of §such groups is increasingly prominent within §societal and policy discourse. Previous studies have §examined the spatial distribution of ethnic groups §or religious affiliation but rarely have the §interactions between ethnicity and faith been §considered. §§This book details results from Sarah-Anne Munoz's §doctoral research that investigated whether religion §is important in explaining the residential §patterning of ethnic minority groups by §considering the Indian and Pakistani §populations of two Scottish cities. The book §presents both quantitative and qualitative §understandings of ethnic-faith geographies, as well §as utilising a unique set of geographical boundaries §to make accurate comparisons between different §census years. This assesses the role of religious §affiliation in the production and evolution of §ethnic residential segregation. Using qualitative §methods it also investigates the role of religion in §the construction of place-based identities and §notions of community.