A European crisis : perspectives on refugees, solidarity, and Europe / Timofey Agarin, Nevena Nancheva (editors).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Agarin, Timofey, editor.

Nancheva, Nevena, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--European Union countries.

Refugees.

Immigrants--Cultural assimilation--European Union countries.

Immigrants.

Europe--Emigration and immigration.

Europe.

European Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stuttgart, Germany : Ibidem-Verlag, [2018]

Summary:

This is a book about the crisis of the European integration project as seen from the vantage point of people's movements across and to the European continent. But why should the issue of refugees or of migration have anything to do with the dynamics of the integration or disintegration of the European Union? If anything, the existing global refugee protection regime was conceived in Europe at about the time when Europe began to integrate: It was seen as a moral imperative in the context of European solidarity and in the face of crisis. How did refugee protection become so controversial as to usher in a crisis of its own? Why do European governments and their peoples see refugees and migrants as the cause of a crisis in and of Europe? Solidarity, legitimacy, democracy, welfare, rights: How has refugee migration undermined European positions on all that has defined EU integration so far? This collection engages with these questions by focusing on the construction of the crisis narrative, offering an insight into distinctly European perspectives on and analyses of political responses to refugees, migration, and economic challenges. The aim of the volume is to provide an empirical and thematic context for understanding the link between refugee migration and the overpowering perception of Europe in crisis.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

A European Crisis: Perspectives on Refugees, Europe, and Solidarity

A Common Commitment: Civil Society and European Solidarity in the 'Refugee Crisis'

Resisting Euroscepticism and Anti-refugee Populism in Europe: The Portuguese Case

Bringing Solidarity and Hostility to EU borders: The Calais Camps at the Heart of French-UK Securitization of Immigration Process

Not Securitizing Migration? Lessons From Spain

The Refugee Crisis and the Re-imagined Politics of Belonging: Political Discourses on the Western Balkan Route

The Vanishing European Dream: The Double Crisis of Migration and European (Dis)Integration

Turkey as a 'Strategic Partner' of the European Union during the Refugee Crisis: The Challenges and Prospects

The European Union Crisis as a Crisis of Equality

From Identity to Morality Politics: Croatia's Nation-State-Building During the Crisis

EU Responses to Refugee Migration: the End of (Security) Community?

Note on contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-8382-7124-6