Residential Segregation

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 Munozs 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.