Across Europe we see faith-based organizations (FBOs) getting involved in the policy field of immigrant integration. The interweaving of the policy fields of religion politics and immigrant integration is particularly delicate in systems of religion-state cooperation. Here, FBOs and state actors build on each other to fulfil certain tasks. This paper explores how FBOs are involved in the field of immigrant integration and which techniques of government are being used. Drawing on empirical case studies from Austria, Germany and Switzerland, the paper shows that religious communities fulfil multiple roles as civil society actors, as religious representatives or as migrant associations. While similarities occur due to comparable struc­tures and institutions, observed differences are the consequence of different constellations of suspicion and trust between FBOs and state actors. © 2017, Austrian Political Science Association. All rights reserved.

Governmentality religious diversity Governance Immigrant integration politics Islam in europe

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