Transnational Solidarity, Migration, and the Refugee Crisis : (In)Formal Organising and Political Environments in Greece, Germany, and Denmark
(2021) In Sociological Research Online 26(3). p.717-738- Abstract
Over the last decade, the unprecedented influx of refugees and migrants into the European Union has posed a significant challenge to Europe, with solidarity being contested at two fronts: first, the question of solidarity with refugees in terms of meeting adequate measures of protection and satisfying their elementary needs; and second, the question of solidarity within the European Union in terms of sharing the costs and burden of hosting these refugees among the member states. One driving factor of these contestations is that the solidarity challenge in facing the ‘refugee crisis’ is taken up differently in transit countries in the South of Europe and destination countries in the North. Wishing to shed light on how national contexts... (More)
Over the last decade, the unprecedented influx of refugees and migrants into the European Union has posed a significant challenge to Europe, with solidarity being contested at two fronts: first, the question of solidarity with refugees in terms of meeting adequate measures of protection and satisfying their elementary needs; and second, the question of solidarity within the European Union in terms of sharing the costs and burden of hosting these refugees among the member states. One driving factor of these contestations is that the solidarity challenge in facing the ‘refugee crisis’ is taken up differently in transit countries in the South of Europe and destination countries in the North. Wishing to shed light on how national contexts impact transnational solidarity organising, we draw on a fresh set of cross-national evidence from a random sample of 277 transnational solidarity organisations (TSOs) in Greece, Germany, and Denmark. The aim is to illustrate the effects of political opportunities and threats during the 2007–2016 crises period on migration-related solidarity activities organised by TSOs. We will do so through tri-national comparisons tracing the patterns in which migration-related TSOs appear through time. The data used is produced in the context of the TRANSSOL project by a new methodological approach (action organisation analysis) based on hubs-retrieved organisational websites and their subsequent content analysis.
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- Kanellopoulos, Kostas ; Duru, Deniz Neriman LU ; Zschache, Ulrike ; Loukakis, Angelos ; Kousis, Maria and Trenz, Hans Jörg
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021-09-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Civil society, comparative politics, Denmark, European politics, European Union, far right votes, Germany, Greece, migration, political opportunities, refugee crisis, solidarity organisations
- in
- Sociological Research Online
- volume
- 26
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 22 pages
- publisher
- SAGE Publications
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- scopus:85088271338
- ISSN
- 1360-7804
- DOI
- 10.1177/1360780420937030
- language
- English
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- yes
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- cda7a468-1054-4552-a926-7032ff9f3840
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- 2021-01-08 15:41:51
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