Contested Solidarity
Practices of Refugee Support between Humanitarian Help and Political Activism
DOI: 10.14361/9783839454374
Abstract
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.
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Kapitel
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1. INTRODUCTION: The Contested Solidarities of the German 'Welcome Culture'
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2. MOBILIZING SOLIDARITY: Building Local 'Welcome Culture' through a Moral Imperative to Act
3. GOVERNING SOLIDARITY: Volunteering with Refugees as a Field of Governmental Intervention
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4. POLITICIZING SOLIDARITY: The Contested Political Meanings and Effects of Refugee Support
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5. RECASTING SOLIDARITY: The Political Agency of Asylum Seekers in Relationships of Solidarity
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6. BREAKING SOLIDARITY: Refugee Activism as a Conflicting Imaginary of Solidarity and Community
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7. WORDS IN CONCLUSION: Lines of Contestation in Contemporary Migration Societies
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