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- Title
Trust in Government Among British Muslims: The Importance of Migration Status.
- Authors
Maxwell, Rahsaan
- Abstract
This article engages debates about Muslim integration in Western societies by analyzing trust in government among British Muslims. A central finding of the article is that British Muslims are more likely than Christians to have high levels of trust in government. To account for these outcomes, I highlight the importance of general political satisfaction and political efficacy as opposed to the more specifically assimilation and segregation-related variables identified by the literature on minority attitudes. In addition, I posit that Muslims are more likely to have positive political attitudes because they are more likely than Christians to be migrants and migrants are more likely than natives to have optimistic evaluations of British society. I claim that these migration dynamics help account for much of the attitudinal differences between Muslims and Christians.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; MUSLIMS; POLITICAL attitudes; SOCIAL integration; MINORITIES; PSYCHOLOGY of immigrants; TRUST; CHRISTIANS; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Political Behavior, 2010, Vol 32, Issue 1, p89
- ISSN
0190-9320
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11109-009-9093-1