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How will European societies deal with tolerance of difference, respect for otherness and striving for social bonding? The introduction to this book proposes to tackle these pressing questions through the notion of “shifting solidarities” in order to understand how contemporary societal trends and developments affect solidarity in European societies. We first show how solidarity got established in European welfare states and how the present multiple crises of Europe are a perfect opportunity to develop an analytical focus towards “shifting solidarities”. To substantiate this approach, we engage in a conceptual discussion of solidarity, clarify our approach of “shifting solidarities” and illustrate its sources, manifestations and sites in various domains of European social life through the different contributions of this book.
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Van Hoyweghen, I., Meyers, G., Pulignano, V. (2020). Introduction: Shifting Solidarities in European Societies. In: Van Hoyweghen, I., Pulignano, V., Meyers, G. (eds) Shifting Solidarities . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44062-6_1
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