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Advocating for Refugees in the European Union draws on different strands of theory in political science to examine how civil society groups use norm-based advocacy strategies to change the nature of the public and political debate surrounding refugee and asylum policy in five European countries and at the EU level.
List of contents
Introduction: Norm Contestation Involving Refugees as Persons in Need of Protection and Refugees as Security Threats
Chapter 1: Understanding Normative Contestation: A Theoretical Framework
Chapter 2: The Global Refugee Regime: An Overview of the Status-Quo
Chapter 3: Analyzing Far-Right Anti-Refugee Discourse in Europe: A Framing Approach
Chapter 4: Pro-Refugee Civil Society Advocacy at the European Union Level
Chapter 5: Pro-Refugee Civil Society Advocacy in High Contestation States: Austria, France, and Germany
Chapter 6: Pro-Refugee Civil Society Advocacy in Low Contestation States: Spain and Luxembourg
Conclusion: Reflections and Future Directions
About the author
Melissa Schnyder is Associate Professor of International Relations at American Public University System.
Summary
Advocating for Refugees in the European Union draws on different strands of theory in political science to examine how civil society groups use norm-based advocacy strategies to change the nature of the public and political debate surrounding refugee and asylum policy in five European countries and at the EU level.
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“What would a refugee policy look like that was not distorted by emotional and nationalist politics? In Advocating for Refugees in the European Union Schnyder and Shawki convincingly show that a norm-based approach could reshape immigration policy for the better.”
