Overview
- Draws out the significance of the neoliberal context within which entrepreneurs are working
- Analyses the ways in which processes of exclusion are ameliorated by the services provided by the churches
- Draws on original primary data collection based on interviews with pastors and migrant entrepreneurs
Part of the book series: Religion and Global Migrations (RGM)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book critically interrogates the role of religious faith in the experiences and practices of migrant entrepreneurs against the backdrop of neoliberal Britain. Focussing on Pentecostalism, a popular Christian denomination amongst migrant groups in the UK, the authors draw on primary qualitative data to examine the ways in which Pentecostal beliefs and values influence the aspirations and practices of migrant entrepreneurs. The book also explores the role of Pentecostal churches in supporting entrepreneurial activities among migrant communities, arguing that these institutions simultaneously comply and contest the formation of neoliberal subjectivities: providing cultural legitimacy to the entrepreneurial subject, whilst also contesting the community erosion of neoliberalism, (particularly in an austerity context) and fostering a strong a sense of belonging among congregants. The book offers an interdisciplinary perspective spanning sociology, geography and entrepreneurship studies to explain how values and faith networks shape everyday life, work and entrepreneurial practices.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
María Villares-Varela is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Southampton, UK.
Olivia Sheringham is Lecturer in Social and Cultural Geography at Birkbeck, University of London, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Religion, Migration and Business
Book Subtitle: Faith, Work And Entrepreneurialism in the UK
Authors: María Villares-Varela, Olivia Sheringham
Series Title: Religion and Global Migrations
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58305-7
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-58304-0Published: 08 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-58307-1Published: 09 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-58305-7Published: 07 October 2020
Series ISSN: 2945-6398
Series E-ISSN: 2945-6401
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 118
Topics: Sociology of Religion, Migration, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Human Geography, Entrepreneurship