The European Refugee Controversy: Civil Solidarity, Cultural Imaginaries and Political Change

摘要: In the summer of 2015, a wave solidarity washed across European continent as 1.3 million refugees arrived. While many recent studies have explored how ‘ordinary’ men and women, NGOs governments momentarily reacted to arrival refugees, this issue examines whether subsequent rise civil support initiatives has also resulted in more structural cultural political changes. The contributions assembled all delve into enduring implications Europe’s ‘long migration’. They address four sites change: dynamics between state actors involved refugee protection; gradual politicisation individual volunteers organisations; reproduction pre-existing imaginaries; potential cities foster new forms solidarity.