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The European Refugee Controversy: Civil Solidarity, Cultural Imaginaries and Political Change

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  • Robin Vandevoordt

    (Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, UK / Department of Sociology, University of Antwerp, Belgium)

  • Gert Verschraegen

    (Department of Sociology, University of Antwerp, Belgium)

Abstract

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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  • Robin Vandevoordt & Gert Verschraegen, 2019. "The European Refugee Controversy: Civil Solidarity, Cultural Imaginaries and Political Change," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 48-52.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:socinc:v7:y:2019:i:2:p:48-52
    DOI: 10.17645/si.v7i2.2260
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    1. Miriam Haselbacher, 2019. "Solidarity as a Field of Political Contention: Insights from Local Reception Realities," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 74-84.
    2. Christiane Heimann & Sandra Müller & Hannes Schammann & Janina Stürner, 2019. "Challenging the Nation-State from within: The Emergence of Transmunicipal Solidarity in the Course of the EU Refugee Controversy," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 208-218.
    3. Stefan Wallaschek, 2019. "The Discursive Appeal to Solidarity and Partisan Journalism in Europe’s Migration Crisis," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 187-197.
    4. Robert Larruina & Kees Boersma & Elena Ponzoni, 2019. "Responding to the Dutch Asylum Crisis: Implications for Collaborative Work between Civil Society and Governmental Organizations," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 53-63.
    5. Larissa Fleischmann & Elias Steinhilper, 2017. "The Myth of Apolitical Volunteering for Refugees: German Welcome Culture and a New Dispositif of Helping," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(3), pages 17-27.
    6. Robert Larruina & Kees Boersma & Elena Ponzoni, 2019. "Responding to the Dutch Asylum Crisis: Implications for Collaborative Work between Civil Society and Governmental Organizations," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 53-63.
    7. Miriam Haselbacher, 2019. "Solidarity as a Field of Political Contention: Insights from Local Reception Realities," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 74-84.
    8. Robin Vandevoordt, 2019. "Eroding Rights, Crafting Solidarity? Shifting Dynamics in the State–Civil Society Nexus in Flanders and Brussels," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 106-117.
    9. Stefan Wallaschek, 2019. "The Discursive Appeal to Solidarity and Partisan Journalism in Europe’s Migration Crisis," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 187-197.
    10. Sophia Schmid, 2019. "Taking Care of the Other: Visions of a Caring Integration in Female Refugee Support Work," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 118-127.
    11. Giulia Sinatti, 2019. "Humanitarianism as Politics: Civil Support Initiatives for Migrants in Milan’s Hub," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 139-148.
    12. Verena Schmid & Adalbert Evers & Georg Mildenberger, 2019. "More or Less Political: Findings on a Central Feature of Local Engagement for Refugees in Germany," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 165-175.
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    14. Sophia Schmid, 2019. "Taking Care of the Other: Visions of a Caring Integration in Female Refugee Support Work," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 118-127.
    15. Verena Schmid & Adalbert Evers & Georg Mildenberger, 2019. "More or Less Political: Findings on a Central Feature of Local Engagement for Refugees in Germany," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 165-175.
    16. Ulrike M. Vieten & Fiona Murphy, 2019. "The Imagination of the Other in a (Post-)Sectarian Society: Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the Divided City of Belfast," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 176-186.
    17. Christiane Heimann & Sandra Müller & Hannes Schammann & Janina Stürner, 2019. "Challenging the Nation-State from within: The Emergence of Transmunicipal Solidarity in the Course of the EU Refugee Controversy," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 208-218.
    18. Giulia Sinatti, 2019. "Humanitarianism as Politics: Civil Support Initiatives for Migrants in Milan’s Hub," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 139-148.
    19. Nedžad Mešić & Magnus Dahlstedt & Andreas Fejes & Sofia Nyström, 2019. "Use-Values for Inclusion: Mobilizing Resources in Popular Education for Newly Arrived Refugees in Sweden," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 85-95.
    20. Nedžad Mešić & Magnus Dahlstedt & Andreas Fejes & Sofia Nyström, 2019. "Use-Values for Inclusion: Mobilizing Resources in Popular Education for Newly Arrived Refugees in Sweden," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 85-95.
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    22. Ulrike M. Vieten & Fiona Murphy, 2019. "The Imagination of the Other in a (Post-)Sectarian Society: Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the Divided City of Belfast," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 176-186.
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