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dc.contributor.advisorKathleen Thelen.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDekeyser, Elizabeth(Elizabeth A.)en_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science.en_US
dc.coverage.spatiale-fr---en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-24T15:37:34Z
dc.date.available2020-03-24T15:37:34Z
dc.date.issued2019en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124276
dc.descriptionThesis: Ph. D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Political Science, 2019en_US
dc.description"September 2019." Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 194-203).en_US
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation examines why individuals believe that their religious identity is incompatible with mainstream identities. Using the case of Islam in France, I demonstrate that government engagement with marginalized immigrant-origin communities plays a central role in influencing these beliefs, which I term religious exclusivity. I examine whether, why, and which type of government engagement matters, both historically and today, highlighting the central role of group identity and religious community structures and norms. I demonstrate that positive (negative) engagement decreases (increases) religious exclusivity and that this relationship is mediated by religious community structures. Beyond this, I show that positive government engagement is most effective in decreasing religious exclusivity when religious groups are not used as mediators in engaging with marginalized populations. These relationships are driven both by governments' provision of material benefits as well as the impact of government actions on perceptions of group rejection. I base this theory on nearly two years of ethnographic fieldwork across France, including visits to 130 French towns and over 200 in-depth interviews. The hypotheses are tested with causal designs and computational methods using innovative data sources, including social media responses to terror attacks, online town reviews, and a novel dataset of religious community structures. This examination is essential to understanding when and why religion conflicts versus cooperates with the state; it is also integral to discussions of how religion and identity interact with integration, radicalization, social cohesion, and conflict.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Elizabeth Dekeyser.en_US
dc.format.extent237 pagesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsMIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectPolitical Science.en_US
dc.titleIslam, exclusivity, and the state in Franceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreePh. D.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.oclc1144177072en_US
dc.description.collectionPh.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Political Scienceen_US
dspace.imported2020-03-24T15:37:33Zen_US
mit.thesis.degreeDoctoralen_US
mit.thesis.departmentPoliScien_US


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