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Solidarity and the 'Refugee Crisis' in Europe


Solidarity and the 'Refugee Crisis' in Europe



von: Óscar García Agustín, Martin Bak Jørgensen

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Verlag: Palgrave Pivot
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 19.07.2018
ISBN/EAN: 9783319918488
Sprache: englisch

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New forms of solidarity are being shaped as a response to the European “refugee crisis.” The state—in the form of national governments—has not been able to implement any viable or sustainable solution to the crisis, but the solidarity movement has been very visible and active in European countries. This book offers a conceptualization of three types of solidarity: autonomous, civic, and institutional solidarity. This framework is applied to three case studies, illustrating the emergence of different forms of solidarity: the City Plaza Hotel in Athens, the Danish “friendly neighbors,” and Barcelona as refuge city.
<div>1: From Refugee Crisis to a Crisis of Solidarity?.-&nbsp;2: Conceptualizing Solidarity: An Analytical Framework.-&nbsp;3: Autonomous Solidarity: Hotel City Plaza.-&nbsp;4: Civic Solidarity: Venligboerne.-&nbsp;5: Institutional Solidarity: Barcelona as Refuge City.-&nbsp;6: Solidarity as Political Action: Crime or Alternative?.</div>
<p><b>Óscar García Agustín</b> is Associate Professor in the Department of Culture and Global Studies at Aalborg University, Denmark.</p><p><b>Martin Bak&nbsp;</b><b>Jørgensen</b><b>&nbsp;</b>is Associate Professor in the Department of Culture and Global Studies at Aalborg University, Denmark.<br></p>
New forms of solidarity are being shaped as a response to the European “refugee crisis.” National governments have not been able to implement any sustainable solution to the crisis, but the solidarity movement has been very active. This book offers a conceptualization of three types of solidarity—autonomous, civic, and institutional solidarity—and applies it to three case studies, which illustrate the emergence of different forms of solidarity: the City Plaza Hotel in Athens, the Danish “friendly neighbors,” and Barcelona as refuge city.<div><br></div><div><div><b>Óscar García Agustín</b> is Associate Professor in the Department of Culture and Global Studies at Aalborg University, Denmark.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Martin Bak Jørgensen </b>is Associate Professor in the Department of Culture and Global Studies at Aalborg University, Denmark.</div></div>
Presents a comprehensive analytical model to understand the role of civil society in engaging with the challenges of the refugee crisis Analyzes how the EU as a political actor and the national governments have tried (unsuccessfully) to manage the crisis Provides analytical responses for both scholars and policy makers on how to understand and address the current crisis