Contested Solidarity - Practices of Refugee Support between Humanitarian Help and Political Activism

In the summer of 2015, an extraordinary number of German residents felt an urge to provide help to refugees. Doing good, however, is not as simple and straightforward as it might appear. Practices of solidarity are intertwined with questions of power. They are situated, relative and contested, unfolding in an ambivalent space between humanitarianism and political activism. This ethnographic account of the German »welcome culture« provides insights into the contested practices, imaginaries, interests and politics of refugee solidarity. Drawing on works from critical migration studies to social anthropology, Larissa Fleischmann develops an empirically grounded understanding of solidarity in migration societies.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Larissa Fleischmann, Dr., ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Geowissenschaften und Geographie in Halle (Saale).

Zusammenfassung

In the summer of 2015, an extraordinary number of German residents felt an urge to provide help to refugees. Doing good, however, is not as simple and straightforward as it might appear. Practices of solidarity are intertwined with questions of power. They are situated, relative and contested, unfolding in an ambivalent space between humanitarianism and political activism. This ethnographic account of the German »welcome culture« provides insights into the contested practices, imaginaries, interests and politics of refugee solidarity. Drawing on works from critical migration studies to social anthropology, Larissa Fleischmann develops an empirically grounded understanding of solidarity in migration societies.

Zusatztext

Besprochen in:https://forced-migration-information.blogspot.com, 12 (2020)InfoDienst Migration, 1 (2021)

Bericht

Besprochen in:
https://forced-migration-information.blogspot.com, 12 (2020)
InfoDienst Migration, 1 (2021)

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Larissa Fleischmann
• Verlag: Transcript
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.11.2020
• EAN: 9783837654370
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-5437-0
• Seiten: 274
• Abmessung: 150 mm x 19 mm x 230 mm
• Gewicht: 438 g
• Serien: Kultur und soziale Praxis; Culture and Social Practice
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geisteswissenschaften allgemein; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Sonstiges; Migration, Verstehen, Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Migration, Einwanderung und Auswanderung, Soziale Probleme, Sozialarbeit, Civil Society, Politics, Sociology, Globalization, Cultural Studies, Politik der National- Zentral- oder Bundesregierung, Gewalt und Missbrauch in der Gesellschaft, Human Rights, Social Movements, Solidarity, Refugees, Refugee Studies, Fleeing, Social Mobility, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Political activism, Communities, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Political structure & processes, Political structures: democracy, auseinandersetzen, Migration Policy, Volunteering, Humanitarianism, Social impact of environmental issues, Violence in society, Human Geography, Urban communities, Sociology and anthropology, EU & European institutions, Politikwissenschaft und politische Theorie, Culture and institutions, The political process, Factors affecting social behavior, Social problems and services, Social processes, Systems of governments and states, International migration and colonization, Groups of people, Political science (Politics and government), Civil and political rights