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Book SynopsisThe book addresses, through the normative, practical and political views of eight well-known international experts the challenges that the so-called refugee crisis has generated for democracy in Europe.
The management of the so-called refugees’ crisis reflects the crisis of democracy in Europe. The economic, social, cultural, moral and political impact that the refugees’ phenomenon has had on all the scales of the European integration, from the local to the supranational, makes it a pressing matter for the future of democracy in Europe. The book provides a myriad of critical evidence-based expert views combining philosophical, legal, economic and political reflections on how to better understand and deal with the refugees’ case in the future.
Table of ContentsPreface, Patricia Barcena
Introduction: The (Unfortunate) Advent of the Refugees’ Europe, Cristina Astier and Ander Errasti
1. Refugees: A Test for Necropolitics, Javier de Lucas
2. The Antinomies of Refugee Reason, Michael Marder
3. Refugees and Global Free Human Movement: A Framework for Utopian Thinking in the Twenty-First Century, Ricard Zapata Barrero
4. From a Wide Fortressed Buffer Zone to Asymmetric Buffer States: The Western Balkans’ Migrant Route, Elena Sánchez-Montijano and Jonathan Zaragoza
5. Decentralizing Refugee Resettlement: Engaging Communities in Extending Welcome, Patti Tamara Lenard
6. Citizenship and Immigrant Integration in the European Union, Maarten Vink
7. Contesting European Solidarity: The ‘Refugee Crisis’ in the Media, Hans-Jörg Trenz
8. Solidarity Amongst Strangers. Refugiés Sans Frontières: The 'Neu' Abnormal, Joxerramon Bengoetxea
Epilogue: The Migratory Crisis as A Structural Crisis of The European Union, Daniel Innerarity
