| Contested Solidarity: Practices of Refugee Support Between Humanitarian Help and Political Activism Contributor(s): Fleischmann, Larissa (Author) |
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ISBN: 3837654370 ISBN-13: 9783837654370 Publisher: Transcript Publishing OUR PRICE: $49.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Political Science | Public Policy - General |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6" W x 9" (0.83 lbs) 274 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |
