Construction of Solidarity: Czech and Polish Approach to Refugees in the EU Context
The article deals with the concept of solidarity in the context of the current refugee crisis. Specifically, employing the Discourse-Historical Approach, it explores how solidarity is constructed in the discourse of the EU and in two member states, in Poland and in the Czech Republic which have bee...
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| description | The article deals with the concept of solidarity in the context of the current refugee crisis. Specifically, employing the Discourse-Historical Approach, it explores how solidarity is constructed in the discourse of the EU
and in two member states, in Poland and in the Czech Republic which have been very critical of the EUropean approach to refugees from the beginning of the refugee crisis in 2015. As the findings suggest, relocations seem to be the only contested aspect of a more complex solution. On all other initiatives, there is an agreement between the EU and Poland and the Czech Republic even though the discourse might seem escalated at fi rst sight. Moreover, drawing on the theoretical overview, the balancing of solidarity as a value with national interests and focus on security seems to be in line with the theoretical conceptualisation of international solidarity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-57fac00030584eb1bcf19bf815d73b932022-12-21T18:54:22ZengCenter for Europe, Warsaw UniversityStudia Europejskie1428-149X2019-02-01231436710.33067/SE.1.2019.03Construction of Solidarity: Czech and Polish Approach to Refugees in the EU ContextMarkéta Votoupalová0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3974-0981University of Economics, PragueThe article deals with the concept of solidarity in the context of the current refugee crisis. Specifically, employing the Discourse-Historical Approach, it explores how solidarity is constructed in the discourse of the EU and in two member states, in Poland and in the Czech Republic which have been very critical of the EUropean approach to refugees from the beginning of the refugee crisis in 2015. As the findings suggest, relocations seem to be the only contested aspect of a more complex solution. On all other initiatives, there is an agreement between the EU and Poland and the Czech Republic even though the discourse might seem escalated at fi rst sight. Moreover, drawing on the theoretical overview, the balancing of solidarity as a value with national interests and focus on security seems to be in line with the theoretical conceptualisation of international solidarity.https://www.ce.uw.edu.pl/pliki/pw/1-2019_Votoupalova.pdfrefugee crisiseusolidarityrefugee quota systemrelocationsdiscourse-historical approach |
| spellingShingle | Markéta Votoupalová Construction of Solidarity: Czech and Polish Approach to Refugees in the EU Context Studia Europejskie refugee crisis eu solidarity refugee quota system relocations discourse-historical approach |
| title | Construction of Solidarity: Czech and Polish Approach to Refugees in the EU Context |
| title_full | Construction of Solidarity: Czech and Polish Approach to Refugees in the EU Context |
| title_fullStr | Construction of Solidarity: Czech and Polish Approach to Refugees in the EU Context |
| title_full_unstemmed | Construction of Solidarity: Czech and Polish Approach to Refugees in the EU Context |
| title_short | Construction of Solidarity: Czech and Polish Approach to Refugees in the EU Context |
| title_sort | construction of solidarity czech and polish approach to refugees in the eu context |
| topic | refugee crisis eu solidarity refugee quota system relocations discourse-historical approach |
| url | https://www.ce.uw.edu.pl/pliki/pw/1-2019_Votoupalova.pdf |
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