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Informationen zum Autor Frances Trix is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Indiana University and Distinguished Senior Scholar at the Center for the Study of the Middle East. She is based in Indiana, USA. Zusammenfassung Since 2014, more than 60 million people have been displaced from their homes across the Middle East and Africa. The European Refugee Crisis, as it has come to be known, is now the largest such crisis since the aftermath of World War II. How have local communities reacted to the influx of asylum seekers? And what can we learn from their responses?Frances Trix here offers a wide-ranging ethnographical and anthropological study of local, individual responses to refugees, from Macedonia to Germany. Based on extensive interviews and field work in Europe, Trix focuses for the first time on the ways that refugees have been welcomed – or not, as the case may be – by various individuals and communities. Her work ranges from Macedonians who established an NGO and lobbied to allow the refugees to use the train, to the police charged with border management; from a German organic food store owner who by her actions set the positive tone in her village, a retired IT manager who coordinates refugee volunteers for his entire town, to the district work organisation director who deems refugees unsuitable for multiple reasons. The material is measured throughout against Trix’s anthropological experience, as well as reference to the historical and political contexts in which events are unfolding. This book is essential reading for all those working on the refugee crisis and the prospects – both local and global – for the future. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsAcknowledgements Prologue Introduction FocusResearcher Quandaries and StratagemsImportant InfluencesStyleOrganization 1. What Affects Attitudes Toward Refugees National LeadershipEarlier Refugees in EuropePostwar Refugees: Expulsions, Escapees, to “Ethnic Cleansing”Postwar ImmigrantsAnti-Immigrant Violence to Pro-Immigrant ConsensusThe “Alternative for Germany:” Pegida and AfDForgotten Connections of Germany and IslamReflection on Attitudes Toward Refugees PART I. Entry to Europe through Macedonia – Transit of Refugees2. NGOs and Local Responses Macedonia and RefugeesJasmin Redjepi’s Response: Establish an NGO with FriendsLence Zdravkin’s Response: Feed Those Who Pass By 3. Refugee Transit Camps Tabanovce on the Northern BorderGevgelija on the Southern BorderReflection on Refugee Transit Camps PART II. Inside Germany – Accommodation of Refugees 4. Responses of Villages The First Village and First RefugeeThe Second Village of Elzach: Whose People Made Wise DecisionsThe Third Village: Whose People Worked Yet Missed the Mark 5. Responses of Towns and Smaller Cities Bruchsal: A Town with Dedicated Volunteers and LeadersBamberg: A University Town Where Research Did Not WorkNürnberg: A Central City of Immigrants and RefugeesSchwäbisch Gmünd: A Town of Integrated Civic Engagement 6. Responses of Large Cities Munich: The Rule-Tight CityCologne: Toleration and Organization Spread across the RhineHamburg: The Northern City of Visionary Programs 7. Toward Integration Major Issues in Integration: Access to the Labor MarketMajor Issues in Integration: EducationMajor Issues in Integration: Urban PlanningMajor Issues in Integration: Social Cohesion Conclusion Positive Initiatives and Strategies for SuccessEmphasis on Leadership at the Local LevelPurpose Rexamined NotesBibliographyIndex ...
