More or Less Political: Findings on a Central Feature of Local Engagement for Refugees in Germany

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Autor(a) principal: Schmid, Verena
Data de Publicação: 2019
Outros Autores: Evers, Adalbert, Mildenberger, Georg
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v7i2.1939
Resumo: The article is based on research in the region of Heidelberg—the city itself and two small municipalities nearby. It addresses three dimensions of local support movements for refugees: (1) the varying bundles of motives among those engaged, (2) the diversity of organizations concerned and (3) their interaction with the local political administration. A focal point of the study concerns features and processes that give actions and organizations a more or less political character. Our results reveal that, especially among newly engaged helpers and activists, political and apolitical motives coexist. Many people and their local organizations take positions in the country-wide controversial political debates on refugees, but for their practical action on location, moral concerns clearly prevail. Processes of politicization and depoliticization of refugee support largely depend on the ways and degrees to which nationwide political controversies and local developments intermesh. Politicization may take place due to controversies that call for more than a moral attitude, have an impact and build up at the local level. However, resistance to supportive action, be it by changing discourses or the persistence of traditional administrative routines, may also cause depoliticization, where volunteers and initiatives restrict themselves to acting as mere helpers that bring some human touch into an environment that longs to return to normality.
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spelling More or Less Political: Findings on a Central Feature of Local Engagement for Refugees in Germanycivil society; governance; local policy; migration; political engagement; refugee aid; volunteeringThe article is based on research in the region of Heidelberg—the city itself and two small municipalities nearby. It addresses three dimensions of local support movements for refugees: (1) the varying bundles of motives among those engaged, (2) the diversity of organizations concerned and (3) their interaction with the local political administration. A focal point of the study concerns features and processes that give actions and organizations a more or less political character. Our results reveal that, especially among newly engaged helpers and activists, political and apolitical motives coexist. Many people and their local organizations take positions in the country-wide controversial political debates on refugees, but for their practical action on location, moral concerns clearly prevail. Processes of politicization and depoliticization of refugee support largely depend on the ways and degrees to which nationwide political controversies and local developments intermesh. Politicization may take place due to controversies that call for more than a moral attitude, have an impact and build up at the local level. However, resistance to supportive action, be it by changing discourses or the persistence of traditional administrative routines, may also cause depoliticization, where volunteers and initiatives restrict themselves to acting as mere helpers that bring some human touch into an environment that longs to return to normality.Cogitatio2019-06-27info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://doi.org/10.17645/si.v7i2.1939oai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1939Social Inclusion; Vol 7, No 2 (2019): The European Refugee Controversy: Civil Solidarity, Cultural Imaginaries and Political Change; 165-1752183-2803reponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAPenghttps://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/1939https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v7i2.1939https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/1939/1939Copyright (c) 2019 Verena Schmid, Adalbert Evers, Georg Mildenbergerhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSchmid, VerenaEvers, AdalbertMildenberger, Georg2022-12-20T11:00:27Zoai:ojs.cogitatiopress.com:article/1939Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T16:21:57.547761Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title More or Less Political: Findings on a Central Feature of Local Engagement for Refugees in Germany
spellingShingle More or Less Political: Findings on a Central Feature of Local Engagement for Refugees in Germany
Schmid, Verena
civil society; governance; local policy; migration; political engagement; refugee aid; volunteering
title_short More or Less Political: Findings on a Central Feature of Local Engagement for Refugees in Germany
title_full More or Less Political: Findings on a Central Feature of Local Engagement for Refugees in Germany
title_fullStr More or Less Political: Findings on a Central Feature of Local Engagement for Refugees in Germany
title_full_unstemmed More or Less Political: Findings on a Central Feature of Local Engagement for Refugees in Germany
title_sort More or Less Political: Findings on a Central Feature of Local Engagement for Refugees in Germany
author Schmid, Verena
author_facet Schmid, Verena
Evers, Adalbert
Mildenberger, Georg
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Mildenberger, Georg
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Schmid, Verena
Evers, Adalbert
Mildenberger, Georg
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv civil society; governance; local policy; migration; political engagement; refugee aid; volunteering
topic civil society; governance; local policy; migration; political engagement; refugee aid; volunteering
description The article is based on research in the region of Heidelberg—the city itself and two small municipalities nearby. It addresses three dimensions of local support movements for refugees: (1) the varying bundles of motives among those engaged, (2) the diversity of organizations concerned and (3) their interaction with the local political administration. A focal point of the study concerns features and processes that give actions and organizations a more or less political character. Our results reveal that, especially among newly engaged helpers and activists, political and apolitical motives coexist. Many people and their local organizations take positions in the country-wide controversial political debates on refugees, but for their practical action on location, moral concerns clearly prevail. Processes of politicization and depoliticization of refugee support largely depend on the ways and degrees to which nationwide political controversies and local developments intermesh. Politicization may take place due to controversies that call for more than a moral attitude, have an impact and build up at the local level. However, resistance to supportive action, be it by changing discourses or the persistence of traditional administrative routines, may also cause depoliticization, where volunteers and initiatives restrict themselves to acting as mere helpers that bring some human touch into an environment that longs to return to normality.
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