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OverviewSince 2014, more than 60 million people have been displaced from their homes across the Middle East and Africa. The European Refugee Crisis, as it has come to be known, is now the largest such crisis since the aftermath of World War II. How have local communities reacted to the influx of asylum seekers? And what can we learn from their responses? Frances Trix here offers a wide-ranging ethnographical and anthropological study of local, individual responses to refugees, from Macedonia to Germany. Based on extensive interviews and field work in Europe, Trix focuses for the first time on the ways that refugees have been welcomed – or not, as the case may be – by various individuals and communities. Her work ranges from Macedonians who established an NGO and lobbied to allow the refugees to use the train, to the police charged with border management; from a German organic food store owner who by her actions set the positive tone in her village, a retired IT manager who coordinates refugee volunteers for his entire town, to the district work organisation director who deems refugees unsuitable for multiple reasons. The material is measured throughout against Trix’s anthropological experience, as well as reference to the historical and political contexts in which events are unfolding. This book is essential reading for all those working on the refugee crisis and the prospects – both local and global – for the future. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Frances Trix (Indiana University, Bloomington, USA)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: I.B. Tauris Weight: 0.336kg ISBN: 9780755617753ISBN 10: 0755617754 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 28 May 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Prologue Introduction Focus Researcher Quandaries and Stratagems Important Influences Style Organization 1. What Affects Attitudes Toward Refugees National Leadership Earlier Refugees in Europe Postwar Refugees: Expulsions, Escapees, to “Ethnic Cleansing” Postwar Immigrants Anti-Immigrant Violence to Pro-Immigrant Consensus The “Alternative for Germany:” Pegida and AfD Forgotten Connections of Germany and Islam Reflection on Attitudes Toward Refugees PART I. Entry to Europe through Macedonia – Transit of Refugees 2. NGOs and Local Responses Macedonia and Refugees Jasmin Redjepi’s Response: Establish an NGO with Friends Lence Zdravkin’s Response: Feed Those Who Pass By 3. Refugee Transit Camps Tabanovce on the Northern Border Gevgelija on the Southern Border Reflection on Refugee Transit Camps PART II. Inside Germany – Accommodation of Refugees 4. Responses of Villages The First Village and First Refugee The Second Village of Elzach: Whose People Made Wise Decisions The Third Village: Whose People Worked Yet Missed the Mark 5. Responses of Towns and Smaller Cities Bruchsal: A Town with Dedicated Volunteers and Leaders Bamberg: A University Town Where Research Did Not Work Nürnberg: A Central City of Immigrants and Refugees Schwäbisch Gmünd: A Town of Integrated Civic Engagement 6. Responses of Large Cities Munich: The Rule-Tight City Cologne: Toleration and Organization Spread across the Rhine Hamburg: The Northern City of Visionary Programs 7. Toward Integration Major Issues in Integration: Access to the Labor Market Major Issues in Integration: Education Major Issues in Integration: Urban Planning Major Issues in Integration: Social Cohesion Conclusion Positive Initiatives and Strategies for Success Emphasis on Leadership at the Local Level Purpose Rexamined Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsAuthor InformationFrances Trix is Professor Emerita of Anthropology at Indiana University and Distinguished Senior Scholar at the Center for the Study of the Middle East. She has been the recipient of a number of distinguished grants and was a Fulbright Research Fellow in Istanbul, a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at the Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Albanian American National Association. In the winter of 2015–16, she spent time working in refugee transit camps on the Macedonian border and is the author of numerous books, including Urban Muslim Migrants in Istanbul (2016) with I.B.Tauris. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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