Citizen Humanitarianism at European Borders
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Citizen Humanitarianism at European Borders

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Citizen Humanitarianism at European Borders

About this book

At a time of escalating conflict between states and NGOs engaged in migrant search and rescue operations across the Mediterranean, this book explores the emerging trend of citizen-led forms of helping others at the borders of Europe.

In recent years, Europe's borders have become new sites of intervention for traditional humanitarian actors and governmental agencies, but also, increasingly, for volunteer and activist initiatives led by "ordinary" citizens. This book sets out to interrogate the shifting relationship between humanitarianism, the securitization of border and migration regimes, and citizenship. Critically examining the "do it yourself" character of refugee aid practices performed by non-professionals coming together to help in informal and spontaneous manners, the volume considers the extent to which these new humanitarian practices challenge established conceptualisations of membership, belonging, and active citizenship. Drawing on case studies from countries around Europe including Greece, Turkey, Italy, France and Russia, this collection constitutes an innovative and theoretically engaged attempt to bring the field of humanitarian studies into dialogue with studies of grassroots refugee aid and, more explicitly, with political forms of solidarity with migrants and refugees which fall between aid and activism.

This book is key reading for advanced students and researchers of humanitarian aid, European migration and refugees, and citizen-led activism.

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Yes, you can access Citizen Humanitarianism at European Borders by Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert, Elisa Pascucci, Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert,Elisa Pascucci in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & European Politics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Half Title
  4. Series Page
  5. Title Page
  6. Copyright Page
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. List of contributors
  10. Introduction: Citizen humanitarianism at European borders
  11. PART I: Resisting or becoming “the system”? Humanitarianism between citizenship and the NGO world
  12. PART II: Criminalization and violence against citizen humanitarianism
  13. PART III: The multifaceted politics of citizenship humanitarianism
  14. Index