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Protest Movements in Asylum and Deportation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rosenberger, Sieglinde.
Other Authors: Stern, Verena., Merhaut, Nina.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2018.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:IMISCOE Research Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Part I: Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Political Protest in Asylum and Deportation. An Introduction
  • 1.1 Defining Protest
  • 1.2 Aims of the Volume
  • 1.3 Manifestations of Protest in Asylum and Deportation
  • 1.3.1 Solidarity Protest Against Deportations
  • 1.3.2 Refugee Activism for Social Inclusion
  • 1.3.3 Restrictive Protest Against Asylum Seekers
  • 1.4 Policy Change and Implementation Stop
  • 1.5 The Role of National Contexts
  • 1.6 Methods and Data
  • 1.7 Organization of the Volume
  • References
  • Part II: Contextualizing Protest
  • Chapter 2: Asylum Policies and Protests in Austria
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Political Power Relations and Public Opinion in Migration
  • 2.2.1 State Actors
  • 2.2.2 Non-state Actors
  • 2.2.3 European Union
  • 2.3 Asylum Procedures and Decision-Making Competences
  • 2.3.1 Development of Asylum Applications
  • 2.3.2 Development of Deportations
  • 2.3.3 Possibility to Stay
  • 2.4 Protest Culture and Public Opinion in Austria
  • 2.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Between Illegalization, Toleration, and Recognition: Contested Asylum and Deportation Policies in Germany
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Contentions Over Asylum and Deportation in Germany
  • 3.3 Administrative Decision-Making Authority
  • 3.4 Protest Culture
  • 3.5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Who Ought to Stay? Asylum Policy and Protest Culture in Switzerland
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 The Swiss Asylum Policy
  • 4.2.1 The Refugee Definition
  • 4.2.2 The Right to Seek Asylum
  • 4.2.3 Deportation and the So-Called Bogus Refugee
  • 4.2.4 Legal Support to Stay or Return
  • 4.3 Competences for Administrative Decisions Regarding Reception, Deportation and Stay in Switzerland
  • 4.4 Protest Culture
  • 4.5 Conclusion
  • References.
  • Part III: Solidarity Protests Against Deportations
  • Chapter 5: Tracing Anti-deportation Protests: A Longitudinal Comparison of Austria, Germany and Switzerland
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Conceptualizing Anti-deportation Protest
  • 5.2.1 Notions and Concepts
  • 5.2.2 Analytical Framework of Anti-deportation Protest
  • 5.2.3 Self-Interest Versus Solidarity Protest
  • 5.2.4 Aspiring Political Claims or Individual Enforcement Solutions
  • 5.2.5 Local, National or Transnational Protest
  • 5.3 The Participatory Context of Anti-deportation Protest
  • 5.4 Data and Methods
  • 5.5 Protest Frequency
  • 5.6 Protest Actors and Their Repertoires
  • 5.6.1 Main Actors
  • 5.7 Repertoires of Protest
  • 5.8 Protest Claims
  • 5.9 Differences and Similarities in Protest Trajectories
  • 5.10 Solidarity, Case-Specific, Local Protest Movement
  • 5.10.1 Solidarity Protest
  • 5.10.2 Case-Specific Protest
  • 5.10.3 Local Protest
  • 5.11 Conclusion and Outlook
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Worth the Effort: Protesting Successfully Against Deportations
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Explaining Success in Protests against Deportation
  • 6.3 Data and Methodology
  • 6.4 Mechanisms Favoring Success of Anti-Deportation Protests
  • 6.5 What Is Worth the Effort?
  • 6.6 Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Interviews
  • References
  • Chapter 7: Saving the Deportee: Actors and Strategies of Anti-deportation Protests in Switzerland
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Theoretical Framework
  • 7.3 Data and Methods
  • 7.4 Personifying and Exemplifying: Two Ideal-Types of Case-Specific Protests
  • 7.4.1 Actor Structure: The Initiator, the Hard Core of Support, and the Network
  • 7.4.2 Initiator: The Strength of the Beneficiary's Weak Ties
  • 7.4.3 Hard Core of Support: Leading and Coordinating the Protest
  • 7.4.4 Network: The Power of Democratic Legitimacy
  • 7.4.5 Strategies: The Role of the Beneficiary.
  • 7.4.6 Personifying Protests and Person-Centered Claims
  • 7.4.7 Exemplifying Protests and Change-Oriented Claims
  • 7.5 Discussion and Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Interviews
  • References
  • Part IV: Refugee Activism for Inclusion
  • Chapter 8: "We Belong Together!" Collective Anti-­deportation Protests in Osnabrück
  • 8.1 Introduction: Deportability and Anti-deportation Protests
  • 8.2 Data and Methods
  • 8.3 The Alliance Against Deportations in Osnabrück
  • 8.4 Breaking Isolation
  • 8.5 Reversing In/Visibility
  • 8.6 Lessening Uncertainty
  • 8.7 Conclusion
  • Appendix: Interviews
  • References
  • Chapter 9: "We Are Here to Stay" - Refugee Struggles in Germany Between Unity and Division
  • 9.1 Introduction
  • 9.2 The German-European Migration and Border Regime
  • 9.3 Migratory and Refugee Struggles in Germany
  • 9.3.1 History and Transformation of Migrants' Resistance
  • 9.3.2 Women in Exile
  • 9.3.3 Youth Without Borders
  • 9.3.4 Lampedusa in Hamburg
  • 9.3.5 Comparisons: Different Positionalities of Refugee Self-Organization
  • 9.4 Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 10: "We Demand Our Rights!" The Refugee Protest Camp Vienna
  • 10.1 Introduction
  • 10.2 The Timeline
  • 10.3 The Beginning of the Movement - Seizure of a Political Opportunity or the Presupposition of Itself?
  • 10.4 Framework: Weak Interests and Non-losable Lives
  • 10.5 The Organization of Weak Interests in the Refugee Protest Camp Vienna
  • 10.6 Refugees and Supporters: A Complex Relationship
  • 10.7 Conclusions and Outlook
  • References
  • Part V: Restrictive Protest Against Asylum Seekers
  • Chapter 11: Mobilization Against Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Germany: A Social Movement Perspective
  • 11.1 Introduction
  • 11.2 Xenophobic Sentiments and Activities in Germany: A Brief Overview
  • 11.3 The Profile of the Recent Right-Populist and Right-­Radical Xenophobic Mobilization.
  • 11.3.1 The Four Sections that Make Up the Right-Wing Spectrum
  • 11.3.2 The Composition and Structure of Contemporary Right-Wing Groups
  • 11.3.3 Performances and Protest Activities
  • 11.4 Conditions and Factors for Recent Xenophobic Mobilization
  • 11.4.1 Macro-Structural Conditions for Consensus Mobilization
  • 11.4.2 Three Undercurrents Fostering Xenophobic Sentiments and Attitudes
  • 11.4.3 Political and Discursive Opportunities
  • 11.5 Conclusions and Outlook
  • References
  • Chapter 12: Protest Against the Reception of Asylum Seekers in Austria
  • 12.1 Introduction
  • 12.2 Studying Protest Against Asylum Seekers
  • 12.3 Contextual Determinants of Asylum-Center Protest
  • 12.3.1 Strong Anti-migration Mobilization
  • 12.3.2 Centralized Decision-Making in Reception Policies
  • 12.4 Data and Methods
  • 12.5 Attributes of Asylum-Center Protest
  • 12.5.1 Issue-Specific Features
  • 12.5.2 Protest Actors
  • 12.5.3 Protest Repertoires
  • 12.5.4 Protest Outcomes and Consequences
  • 12.6 Framing Strategies
  • 12.7 Interpreting Protest Emergence and Success
  • 12.7.1 Emergence of Protest
  • 12.7.2 Successful Protest Outcomes
  • 12.8 Conclusion
  • References
  • Part VI: Conclusion
  • Chapter 13: Protests Revisited: Political Configurations, Political Culture and Protest Impact
  • 13.1 Introduction
  • 13.2 Political Configurations: Convergent Political Dynamics from Above
  • 13.3 Repertoires of Protest
  • 13.4 Trajectories of Protest and Their Explanations
  • 13.5 Refining Patterns to Understand Outcomes
  • 13.6 Diffusion in Social Movement Activities
  • 13.7 Some Implications of Protest Against Deportations
  • 13.8 Outlook
  • References
  • Glossary: Legal Terminology.

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