FROM REACTION TO INCLUSION: POLICY INSTRUMENTS FOR MANAGING THE OPENING OF ISLAMIC PLACES OF WORSHIP AT LOCAL LEVEL IN SPAIN

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Title: FROM REACTION TO INCLUSION: POLICY INSTRUMENTS FOR MANAGING THE OPENING OF ISLAMIC PLACES OF WORSHIP AT LOCAL LEVEL IN SPAIN
Authors: Arribas Reyes, Esteban, Bermejo Casado, Rut, Rodrigues, José Noronha
Source: Revista Juridica; v. 2, n. 82 (2025): ABRIL/JUNHO; 01-25
Publisher Information: Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Pos-Graduacao em Direito - CONPEDI, 2025.
Publication Year: 2025
Subject Terms: Local management, Religious pluralism, Islamic worship, Policy instruments, Social inclusion
Description: This article addresses the management of religious pluralism in Spain. It pays particular attention to local politics and the policy instruments for managing and governing the opening of Islamic places of worship. A public policy analysis approach to the implementation of policy instruments sheds light on the policy instruments applied to address these problems of coexistence, their strengths, and weaknesses. The research carried out, applying document analysis and in-depth interviews, reveals that, despite the progress achieved since the beginning of the twenty-first century, the legal framework has not improved sufficiently, and municipal governments try to avoid action to the detriment of religious pluralism and the rights of religious minorities. Moreover, when local authorities feel under pressure to act, their reactive response focuses on implementing regulations and information-based policy instruments. Ultimately, our findings on policy instruments suggest the need for new proactive and inclusive responses that will allow to fulfil the religious rights of minorities and maintain the spatial local order without the segregation of part of its population. In this sense, a proactive response could lead to better inclusion and benefit from new policy instruments such as the systematic use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and the co-design of participatory tools.
Document Type: Article
File Description: application/pdf
Language: Portuguese
ISSN: 2316-753X
0103-3506
DOI: 10.26668/revistajur.2316-753x.v2i82.7002
Access URL: http://revista.unicuritiba.edu.br/index.php/RevJur/article/view/7002
Rights: CC BY NC SA
Accession Number: edsair.unicuritibaj..fdb2b66e551a63a8a6de1725470ae42c
Database: OpenAIRE
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Abstract:This article addresses the management of religious pluralism in Spain. It pays particular attention to local politics and the policy instruments for managing and governing the opening of Islamic places of worship. A public policy analysis approach to the implementation of policy instruments sheds light on the policy instruments applied to address these problems of coexistence, their strengths, and weaknesses. The research carried out, applying document analysis and in-depth interviews, reveals that, despite the progress achieved since the beginning of the twenty-first century, the legal framework has not improved sufficiently, and municipal governments try to avoid action to the detriment of religious pluralism and the rights of religious minorities. Moreover, when local authorities feel under pressure to act, their reactive response focuses on implementing regulations and information-based policy instruments. Ultimately, our findings on policy instruments suggest the need for new proactive and inclusive responses that will allow to fulfil the religious rights of minorities and maintain the spatial local order without the segregation of part of its population. In this sense, a proactive response could lead to better inclusion and benefit from new policy instruments such as the systematic use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and the co-design of participatory tools.
ISSN:2316753X
01033506
DOI:10.26668/revistajur.2316-753x.v2i82.7002