Overview
- Focuses conceptually and empirically on discussions and examples of how civil society initiatives foster pluralism and open their communities to newcomers
- Brings everyday lived experiences from different countries in Europe to reflect on issues related to migration
- Combines theoretical discussions with concrete practices by bringing together the perspectives and experiences of academics, practitioners, artists, and others
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity (PSAMSS)
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This edited collection brings together academics, artists and members of civil society organizations to engage in a discussion about the ideas of living with others, through concepts such as cosmopolitanism, solidarity, and conviviality, and the practices of doing so.
In recent years, right wing and populist movements have emerged and strengthened across Europe and North America, rejecting the value of cultural, ethnic and religious plurality. Governments in Europe and North America are weakening their commitment to the international refugee regime, erecting new barriers to entry. Even as governments fail to accommodate growing pluralism, however, civil society initiatives have emerged with the aim of welcoming newcomers, such as migrants and refugees, and finding alternative ways of living together in diverse societies. Motivated by a desire to show solidarity, these initiatives demonstrate enormous creativity in fostering pluralism in an environment that has largely become hostile to the arrival of newcomers. The contributions gathered here seek to explore such initiatives and the important work that they do in fostering ways of living together with others from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds. In focusing conceptually and empirically on discussions and examples of civil society initiatives, this book interrogates why, how and under what circumstances are some communities more welcoming than others.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Thinking Cosmopolitanism, Conviviality and Solidarity Activism in Everyday Living
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Part II
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Feyzi Baban is Associate Professor of Political Studies and International Development at Trent University, Peterborough, Canada. His research interests include cosmopolitan theory, the politics of citizenship in late modern societies, European Integration and alternative forms of modernity in non-Western cultures.
Kim Rygiel is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Balsillie School of International Affairs at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada. She is Associate Director of Laurier’s International Migration Research Centre and Associate Editor of the journal Citizenship Studies. She is the author of Globalizing Citizenship (2010) and co-editor (with Peter Nyers) of Citizenship, Migrant Activism and the Politics of Movement (2012).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Fostering Pluralism through Solidarity Activism in Europe
Book Subtitle: Everyday Encounters with Newcomers
Editors: Feyzi Baban, Kim Rygiel
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56894-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56893-1Published: 05 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56896-2Published: 06 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56894-8Published: 04 November 2020
Series ISSN: 2946-5532
Series E-ISSN: 2946-5540
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 278
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Migration, Social Theory, Social Policy, Politics of the Welfare State, Social Work and Community Development, Comparative Social Policy