The European Refugee Controversy: Civil Solidarity, Cultural Imaginaries and Political Change
In the summer of 2015, a wave of solidarity washed across the European continent as 1.3 million refugees arrived. While many recent studies have explored how ‘ordinary’ men and women, NGOs and governments momentarily reacted to the arrival of refugees, this issue examines whether the arrival of refu...
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| description | In the summer of 2015, a wave of solidarity washed across the European continent as 1.3 million refugees arrived. While many recent studies have explored how ‘ordinary’ men and women, NGOs and governments momentarily reacted to the arrival of refugees, this issue examines whether the arrival of refugees and the subsequent rise of civil support initiatives has also resulted in more structural cultural and political changes. The contributions assembled in this issue all delve into the enduring implications of Europe’s ‘long summer of migration’. They address four sites of change: the dynamics between civil and state actors involved in refugee protection; the gradual politicisation of individual volunteers and organisations; the reproduction of pre-existing cultural imaginaries; and the potential of cities to foster new forms of solidarity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8fba9cabff8a491b9a51bb13e089c1dd2022-12-22T03:41:38ZengCogitatioSocial Inclusion2183-28032019-06-0172485210.17645/si.v7i2.22601042The European Refugee Controversy: Civil Solidarity, Cultural Imaginaries and Political ChangeRobin Vandevoordt0Gert Verschraegen1Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, UK / Department of Sociology, University of Antwerp, BelgiumDepartment of Sociology, University of Antwerp, BelgiumIn the summer of 2015, a wave of solidarity washed across the European continent as 1.3 million refugees arrived. While many recent studies have explored how ‘ordinary’ men and women, NGOs and governments momentarily reacted to the arrival of refugees, this issue examines whether the arrival of refugees and the subsequent rise of civil support initiatives has also resulted in more structural cultural and political changes. The contributions assembled in this issue all delve into the enduring implications of Europe’s ‘long summer of migration’. They address four sites of change: the dynamics between civil and state actors involved in refugee protection; the gradual politicisation of individual volunteers and organisations; the reproduction of pre-existing cultural imaginaries; and the potential of cities to foster new forms of solidarity.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/2260asylumcivil societyEuropepoliticisationrefugeesrefugee protectionsolidarityvolunteering |
| spellingShingle | Robin Vandevoordt Gert Verschraegen The European Refugee Controversy: Civil Solidarity, Cultural Imaginaries and Political Change Social Inclusion asylum civil society Europe politicisation refugees refugee protection solidarity volunteering |
| title | The European Refugee Controversy: Civil Solidarity, Cultural Imaginaries and Political Change |
| title_full | The European Refugee Controversy: Civil Solidarity, Cultural Imaginaries and Political Change |
| title_fullStr | The European Refugee Controversy: Civil Solidarity, Cultural Imaginaries and Political Change |
| title_full_unstemmed | The European Refugee Controversy: Civil Solidarity, Cultural Imaginaries and Political Change |
| title_short | The European Refugee Controversy: Civil Solidarity, Cultural Imaginaries and Political Change |
| title_sort | european refugee controversy civil solidarity cultural imaginaries and political change |
| topic | asylum civil society Europe politicisation refugees refugee protection solidarity volunteering |
| url | https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/2260 |
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