Challenging the Nation-State from within: The Emergence of Transmunicipal Solidarity in the Course of the EU Refugee Controversy
Heimann C, Mueller S, Schammann H, Stürner J (2019)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2019
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Book Volume: 7
Pages Range: 208-218
Journal Issue: 2
Abstract
In the context of the so-called refugee crisis, political disputes about solidarity become a central issue with member states applying competing concepts. At the same time, European cities use transnational networks to implement a new form of solidarity among municipalities via city diplomacy (Acuto, Morissette, & Tsouros, 2017). Analyzing the deadlock between member states and the emerging activities of cities, we scrutinize the limits of existing approaches to political solidarity (e.g., Agustin & Jorgensen, 2019; Knodt, Tews, & Piefer, 2014; Sangiovanni, 2013) to explain this phenomenon. Based on expert interviews and document analysis from a study on transnational municipal networks, we identify an emerging concept of solidarity that challenges the nation states as core providers of solidarity from within: transmunicipal solidarity focuses on joint action of local governments to scale out and scale up.
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APA:
Heimann, C., Mueller, S., Schammann, H., & Stürner, J. (2019). Challenging the Nation-State from within: The Emergence of Transmunicipal Solidarity in the Course of the EU Refugee Controversy. Social Inclusion, 7(2), 208-218. https://dx.doi.org/10.17645/si.v7i2.1994
MLA:
Heimann, Christiane, et al. "Challenging the Nation-State from within: The Emergence of Transmunicipal Solidarity in the Course of the EU Refugee Controversy." Social Inclusion 7.2 (2019): 208-218.
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