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This book analyses the concept and conditions of transnational solidarity, the challenges and the opportunities, from an interdisciplinary global perspective.
List of contents
Introduction: TRANSNATIONAL SOLIDARITY; Part I TRANSNATIONAL SOLIDARITY - CONCEPT AND CONDITIONS; 1. Solidarity - a Short History from the Concept's Beginnings to the Present Situation Sven-Eric Liedman; 2. Solidarity Between the National and the Transnational: What Do We Owe to 'Outsiders'? Carol Gould; 3. Democratic Solidarity Between Global Crisis and Cosmopolitan Hope Hauke Brunkhorst; 4. Chains of Solidarity: Violence and Debt Nathalie Karagiannis; 5. Symbols and Myths of Solidarity of European Union Transnational Solidarity Ian Manners; Part II TRANSNATIONAL SOLIDARITY IN EUROPE - UNDER PRESSURE AND CHANGE; 6. Solidarity and the Economic and Monetary Union in Times of Economic Crisis Ulla Neergaard; 7.The financial crisis in the EU: European, Solidarity, and (financial) Crises Graham Butler and Holly Snaith; 8. Refugee Protection as a Public Good: How to make Responsibility-Sharing Initiatives More Effective Eiko Thielemann; 9. The Brexit Crisis: Challenges for Cross-border Solidarity Alison Young; 10. Transnational Claims in the European Union and the Founding Principle of Solidarity Antoni Abat Ninet; Part III (RE)ESTABLISHING TRANSNATIONAL SOLIDARITY WITHIN EXISTING EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICAL SETTINgs; 11. The European Model of Transnational Democracy Alexander Somek; 12. Building Solidarity through International Courts: Solidarity in the EU and the European Court of Justice Dagmar Schiek; 13. Civic Solidarity in Transnational spaces - Organization and Institutionalization of Solidarity within the European Union Christian Lahusen; Part IV CREATING NEW FORMS OF TRANSNATIONAL SOLIARITY IN EUROPE; 14. Free Movement and Social Citizenship: Towards a Politically Constructed Understanding of Solidarity across Borders Chenchen Zhang; 15. New Opportunities for Transnational Solidarity Mobilization: The Role of the Media Hans-Jürg Trenz; 16. Changing Normativity and Solidarity: European Legal and Trans-religious Perspectives Hanne Petersen; 17. Cross-Border Solidarity among European Cities Helle Krunke and Katarina Hovden; CONCLUDING THOUGHTS: CONCEPT, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Editors.
About the author
Helle Krunke is Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Copenhagen. She is First Vice President of the International Association of Constitutional Law. She has published extensively on Constitutional Law and EU Law and was invited to present papers at the University of Oxford, University of Sorbonne and European University Institute.Hanne Petersen is Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen. She is the first Nordic Professor of Legal Cultures and has previously held positions as Jean Monnet Scholar at the European University Institute, Florence, Professor at University of Greenland, and Professor of Greenlandic Sociology of Law at the University of Copenhagen. Her publications relate, amongst others, to labour law, gender, religion, the Arctic and China.Ian Manners is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen. He has previously been Professor at Roskilde University, Head of the unit at DIIS, Associate Professor at Malmö University and at the University of Kent at Canterbury. Professor Manners' research interests lie at the intersection of critical social theory, the European Union and planetary politics.
Summary
This interdisciplinary book is aimed at scholars and practitioners with an interest in transnational solidarity and what unifies Europe and the World. The book will be especially useful for people interested in EU integration and globalization and their related challenges and opportunities.
