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Book SynopsisThe crisis of forced displacement is compounded by the politicization of asylum and refugee protection, which have become polarizing issues in many countries in Europe and in the United States. It has animated efforts by pro-refugee civil society groups to engage in advocacy efforts that respond to the securitization of the issue, reframe it as a human rights and humanitarian issue, and bring about policies that are favorable to refugee protection. The contrasting points of view surrounding refugee and asylum policy reveal a fundamental normative difference in what is considered the most appropriate standard of behavior to guide actions and policies in the wake of the European refugee crisis. This normative difference, and the contestation that it entails, represents the starting point for this study of specific strategies of norm-based change. The study focuses on civil society organizations (CSOs) and the deliberate ways they incorporate and use norms in framing and responding to the issue of refugee protection. It seeks to understand and explain how and why pro-refugee advocacy groups choose to use specific norm-based strategies of advocacy in their effort to shift public opinion on the issues of asylum and refugee protection and ultimately bring about policy change.
Trade Review“What would a refugee policy look like that was not distorted by emotional and nationalist politics? In Advocating for Refugees in the European Union Schnyder and Shawki convincingly show that a norm-based approach could reshape immigration policy for the better.” -- Reece Jones, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Norm Contestation Involving Refugees as Persons in Need of Protection and Refugees as Security Threats
Chapter 1: Understanding Normative Contestation: A Theoretical Framework
Chapter 2: The Global Refugee Regime: An Overview of the Status-Quo
Chapter 3: Analyzing Far-Right Anti-Refugee Discourse in Europe: A Framing Approach
Chapter 4: Pro-Refugee Civil Society Advocacy at the European Union Level
Chapter 5: Pro-Refugee Civil Society Advocacy in High Contestation States: Austria, France, and Germany
Chapter 6: Pro-Refugee Civil Society Advocacy in Low Contestation States: Spain and Luxembourg
Conclusion: Reflections and Future Directions
