Overview
- Examines transnational civil society as it develops within national contexts
- Draws on systematic, comparative, purposeful samples on transnational solidarity organisations across a wide range of eight European countries
- Offers new findings and analyses on the ways in which civic groups engage in transnational solidarity activities in response to various crises, especially the economic and refugee crises
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology (PSEPS)
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About this book
This open access collection is devoted to an in-depth, qualitative analysis of practices of cross-national solidarity in response to the current political and social crises, from citizens’ initiatives to networks of cooperation among civil society actors.
The book analyses existing informal groups at the grassroots, furthering transnational solidarity in three thematic areas: disability, unemployment and immigration. Contributions assess how civic groups respond to the various crises affecting Europe, especially the economic and refugee crises, presenting new findings from a systematic comparative study conducted in eight European countries (Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, and the UK). The research will be of interest to scholars, students, journalists, policy-makers and activists interested in civil society, social movements, charitable actions, altruism and solidarity, as well as European studies and the socio-economic challenges of current European crises.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Solidarity in Adverse Contexts: Crisis and Retrenchment
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Solidarity in Times of Welfare Retrenchment
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Christian Lahusen is Professor of Sociology, University of Siegen, Germany.
Ulrike Zschache is Postdocoral Researcher in the Department of Social Sciences, University of Siegen, Germany.
Maria Kousis is Director of the University of Crete Research Center for the Humanities, the Social and Education Sciences, Greece.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transnational Solidarity in Times of Crises
Book Subtitle: Citizen Organisations and Collective Learning in Europe
Editors: Christian Lahusen, Ulrike Zschache, Maria Kousis
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49659-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-49658-6Published: 10 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-49661-6Published: 11 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-49659-3Published: 09 November 2020
Series ISSN: 2946-6016
Series E-ISSN: 2946-6024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 305
Number of Illustrations: 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Political Sociology, Social Sciences, general, Migration, Social Policy