Solidarity and the 'Refugee Crisis' in Europe

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New forms of solidarity are being shaped as a response to the European “refugee crisis.” The state—in the form of national governments—has not been able to implement any viable or sustainable solution to the crisis, but the solidarity movement has been very visible and active in European countries. This book offers a conceptualization of three types of solidarity: autonomous, civic, and institutional solidarity. This framework is applied to three case studies, illustrating the emergence of different forms of solidarity: the City Plaza Hotel in Athens, the Danish “friendly neighbors,” and Barcelona as refuge city. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix From Refugee Crisis to a Crisis of Solidarity? (Óscar García Agustín, Martin Bak Jørgensen)....Pages 1-21 Conceptualizing Solidarity. An Analytical Framework (Óscar García Agustín, Martin Bak Jørgensen)....Pages 23-47 Autonomous Solidarity: Hotel City Plaza (Óscar García Agustín, Martin Bak Jørgensen)....Pages 49-72 Civic Solidarity: Venligboerne (Óscar García Agustín, Martin Bak Jørgensen)....Pages 73-95 Institutional Solidarity: Barcelona as Refuge City (Óscar García Agustín, Martin Bak Jørgensen)....Pages 97-117 Solidarity as Political Action. Crime or Alternative? (Óscar García Agustín, Martin Bak Jørgensen)....Pages 119-130 Back Matter ....Pages 131-132