Politische Partizipation von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund in Deutschland

Müssig, Stephanie

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“…When considering people, who migrate to another country, studies show that people, who were already interested in politics in their country of origin continue to show a high level of political interest in their host/ arrival country (Wilson, 1973;Black, 1987). This illustrates a translation of previously established patterns, which is not just limited to political interest, but to political identification and participation as well (Black, 1987;Finifter and Finifter, 1989;Müssig, 2020).…”

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Syrians of today, Germans of tomorrow: the effect of initial placement on the political interest of Syrian refugees in Germany

Kassam,

Becker

2023

Front. Polit. Sci.

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Syrian nationals are not only the largest refugee group in Germany but also the third largest group of foreigners living in Germany. The naturalization trend among this group has been very pronounced in the last two years and is expected to increase sharply in the coming years. However, little is known about their political interest in German politics.1 Given the importance of “political interest” as an indicator of social integration and future active citizenship, this paper examines the extent to which Syrian refugees are interested in German politics and how local conditions at the time of arrival influence refugees' interest in German politics. We focus on three dimensions of the neighborhood context theory (social networks, economic situation, and political environment) in combination with traditional political participation theory. The empirical strategy relies on the exogenous allocation of refugees across federal states, which can be used to identify the effect of local characteristics on refugees' political interest. We use in our analysis a nationally representative sample in Germany (IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Refugee-Sample). Our findings suggest that ethnic social networks play a significant role in boosting newly arrived refugees' interest in German politics. Moreover, a higher unemployment rate among the foreign population is associated with an increase in political interest among Syrian refugees. We also confirm that a high political interest among the native population in Germany leads to a higher political interest among Syrian refugees. These results show that more attention needs to be paid to the integration of Syrian refugees and underline the need to reassess the efficiency of the distribution policy for Syrian refugees.

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Syrians of today, Germans of tomorrow: the effect of initial placement on the political interest of Syrian refugees in Germany

Kassam,

Becker

2023

Front. Polit. Sci.

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“… 2016 ), and among 1.5 and 2nd generation ethnic minorities in the UK (McAndrew and Voas 2014 ), but there are also competing findings indicating decoupling (Güveli and Platt 2011 ) or negative correlations (Van Tubergen 2007 ). Examining electoral and non-electoral forms of political participation among people with a migration background in Germany, Müssig ( 2020 ) finds no relation between the frequency of service attendance and political participation among people with a migration background, which contrasts with a positive association among non-migrant Germans. In sum, for social integration, both in terms of contacts, partner choice and participation in organisations and politics, we again observe mixed findings including positive, negative and non-significant associations with (Muslim) immigrants’ religiosity.…”

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Researching religion and migration 20 years after ‘9/11’: Taking stock and looking ahead

Fleischmann

2022

Z Religion Ges Polit

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This contribution to the special issue on religion and migration reviews two decades of large-scale survey research on changes in immigrant religion and the relationship between immigrants’ level of religiosity and their integration into European societies. The body of work reveals that Muslims in European societies stand out due to their comparatively high levels of religiosity and greater stability in religiosity over time and across immigrant generations. While the comparative picture is rather clear, findings regarding the long-term trend in Muslims’ religiosity and its association with immigrant integration are instead inconclusive. A systematic review of empirical studies of the association of (various indicators of) individual religiosity with immigrant integration reveals positive, negative and non-significant results for all outcomes and domains. Thus, based on the current state of art it is hard to assess whether and why religion forms a bridge or barrier to immigrant integration in Europe. To move the field forward, the contribution ends with a twofold proposal for a research agenda that includes a broadened empirical scope, moving beyond the focus on Sunni Muslims, and a conceptual extension that focuses on differences in reasoning about religion and religious meaning-making as additional, potentially more consistent and more powerful explanation for immigrants’ social relations and positions in their new societies

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“…For the link between migration background and tracking in secondary school, see for example Lüdemann and Schwerdt (2013) and for the link between migration background and political participation in Germany, see for example Müssig (2021). grade 5) 18 , and parents' highest educational level in years of education.…”

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Universal Solvent or catch-all Proxy? : Causal Evidence on the Effect of Education on Political Participation and Attitudes in Germany

Bömmel

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This dissertation focuses on the causal effect of education on political participation and attitudes of adults and adolescents in Germany and consists of four independent scientific articles and a synopsis. The first article (Chapter 2) “Revisiting the Causal Effect of Education on Political Participation and Interest” (co-authored by Guido Heineck) uses NEPS data and studies the long-term causal effect of an increase in compulsory schooling in West Germany. For identification, a reform after World War II is exploited in the course of which compulsory schooling was prolonged from 8 to 9 years. Being affected by this reform is then used as an instrumental variable to address the potential endogeneity of education and estimate the causal effect of an additional year of schooling on a range of political outcome measures over 40 years after the respondents finished general education. In the second article (Chapter 3) “Trust in Media and COVID-19 related News - Evidence from reunified Germany and Europe”, which was prepared jointly with Anica Kramer and Guido Heineck, we use NEPS and Eurobarometer data and examine whether growing up in a socialist country, with its limited access to free media, has a lasting impact on trust in traditional media, like press and television, and new media, such as social media, decades after the socialist regime was abolished. For identification, we exploit two features of German history as natural experiments (separation and subsequent reunification of the two Germanies and access to free West German media in the GDR). In the third article (Chapter 4) “Does Civic Education in Secondary Schooling have an Impact on Political Interest of Grade 8 Students? Evidence from NEPS” the correlation between different measures of civic education in secondary schooling in Germany and the political interest of students attending grade 8 (age 13/14) is investigated. To approximate causality, variation in the provision of civic education between different school types and federal states is used. The fourth article (Chapter 5), uses data from Aufwachsen in Deutschland: Alltagswelten (AID:A) and examines whether an increase in schooling intensity affects different political outcome measures. For identifying causal effects, exogenous variation across time and federal states induced by the so-called G8 reform is exploited. This reform was implemented by most of the German federal between 2001 and 2008 and is especially suitable for investigating the research question as it lead to a reduction of the duration of the highest track of secondary schooling from 9 to 8 years, while the overall curriculum and the total instruction time remained unchanged. Overall, this thesis shows, that, in the German context, short- and long-term causal effects of education on active political participation and political attitudes exist in adult as well as adolescent target groups. It proves to be beneficial to investigate different operationalizations of both education and political participation, to attain the most comprehensive picture. Although this dissertation contributes to the literature on Germany, multiple issues, like uncovering underlying mechanisms or digging deeper into educational content remain untouched and constitute desiderata for future research.

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Politische Partizipation von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund in Deutschland

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Syrians of today, Germans of tomorrow: the effect of initial placement on the political interest of Syrian refugees in Germany

Syrians of today, Germans of tomorrow: the effect of initial placement on the political interest of Syrian refugees in Germany

Researching religion and migration 20 years after ‘9/11’: Taking stock and looking ahead

Universal Solvent or catch-all Proxy? : Causal Evidence on the Effect of Education on Political Participation and Attitudes in Germany

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