[PDF] Solidarity From The Heart Or By Force eBook

Author : Lucas Schramm
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 18,13 MB
Release : 2018-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3668760594

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Master's Thesis from the year 2018 in the subject Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 2,0, College of Europe (Department for European and Governance Studies), language: English, abstract: In the years 2015 and 2016, the European Union (EU) and (some of) its member states were facing a very high number of asylum-seekers. This inflow revealed the shortcomings and dysfunctionalities of the European asylum system and plunged the EU into one of its biggest crises: Member states could hardly agree on common measures, and different national preferences for dealing with asylum-seekers led to profound and ongoing political divisions. Germany, which particularly was affected by the inflow, sought to ‘europeanize’ the phenomenon and to distribute the loads more evenly across the EU – but met major resistance. Contrarily to the widely held view – both in the academic literature and the European public – that Germany, in recent years, has shaped and even dominated European politics, it largely failed with its main policy proposals in the refugee and migrant crisis. To uncover the reasons, the present thesis applies an analytical model of ‘political leadership’. Based on current academic research, relevant newspaper articles and self-conducted expert interviews, it is argued that there might have been supply but not sufficient demand for successful German political leadership. In doing so, this thesis so far is the only larger academic paper that explicitly links the latest research on political leadership with Germany's role in the EU's refugee and migrant crisis.

Author : Lucas Schramm
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Page : 27 pages
File Size : 17,53 MB
Release : 2019
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In 2015 and 2016, the European Union (EU) and (some of) its member states faced a very high number of asylum-seekers. Germany, which particularly was affected by this inflow, sought to 'europeanise' the phenomenon and to distribute the loads more evenly across the EU - but met major resistance. Contrarily to the widely held view that Germany, in recent years, had shaped European politics, it largely failed with its main policy proposals in the refugee and migrant crisis. To uncover the reasons, this contribution applies an analytical framework of political leadership and post-functionalist theory. Based on the latest academic research, relevant newspaper articles and self-conducted expert interviews, it is argued that there might have been supply of but not sufficient demand for successful German political leadership. The largely failed German leadership is illustrated by two characteristics: first, the setting-up and poor implementation of a European relocation mechanism for refugees; and second, a course correction with regards to its policy proposals by the German government itself in the course of the crisis.

Author : Chandra Russo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 42,42 MB
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1108473113

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Examines embodiment and emotions in long-term solidarity activism among three communities contesting US torture, militarism and immigration policies.

Author : Ruud ter Meulen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 32,10 MB
Release : 2017-09-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 1107069807

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This book presents a new view on the concept of solidarity and explains how it complements justice in health and social care.

Author : Norman Davies
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 49,73 MB
Release : 2001-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0192801260

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Begins with the period since 1945 and travels back in time to highlight themes and traditions that have influenced present attitudes. Analyses the issues arising from the fall of the Eastern Bloc and looks at Poland's future within a political climate of democracy and free market.

Author : Judith Butler
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 24,13 MB
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1788732782

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Judith Butler’s new book shows how an ethic of nonviolence must be connected to a broader political struggle for social equality. Further, it argues that nonviolence is often misunderstood as a passive practice that emanates from a calm region of the soul, or as an individualist ethical relation to existing forms of power. But, in fact, nonviolence is an ethical position found in the midst of the political field. An aggressive form of nonviolence accepts that hostility is part of our psychic constitution, but values ambivalence as a way of checking the conversion of aggression into violence. One contemporary challenge to a politics of nonviolence points out that there is a difference of opinion on what counts as violence and nonviolence. The distinction between them can be mobilised in the service of ratifying the state’s monopoly on violence. Considering nonviolence as an ethical problem within a political philosophy requires a critique of individualism as well as an understanding of the psychosocial dimensions of violence. Butler draws upon Foucault, Fanon, Freud, and Benjamin to consider how the interdiction against violence fails to include lives regarded as ungrievable. By considering how ‘racial phantasms’ inform justifications of state and administrative violence, Butler tracks how violence is often attributed to those who are most severely exposed to its lethal effects. The struggle for nonviolence is found in movements for social transformation that reframe the grievability of lives in light of social equality and whose ethical claims follow from an insight into the interdependency of life as the basis of social and political equality.

Author : Henri J. M. Nouwen
Publisher : Image
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 45,11 MB
Release : 2013-11-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0804152101

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With clarity and depth characteristic of the classics, this spiritual bestseller from the author of The Return of the Prodigal Son lays out a perceptive and insightful plan for the spiritual life and achieving the ultimate goal of that life—union with God. “One of the world’s greatest spiritual writers.”—Christianity Today Henri Nouwen views our spiritual “ascent” as evolving in three movements: The first, from loneliness to solitude, focuses on the spiritual life as it relates to the experience of our own selves. The second, from hostility to hospitality, explores our spiritual life as a life for others. The final movement, from illusion to prayer, offers penetrating thoughts on the most mysterious relationship of all: our relationship with God. Throughout, Nouwen emphasizes that the more we understand (and not simply deny) our inner struggles, the more we will be able to embrace a prayerful and genuine life that is also open to others’ needs. Reaching Out is a rich book to be read, reread, pondered, and shared. It “does not offer answers or solutions,” Nouwen cautions, “but is written in the conviction that the quest for an authentic Christian spirituality is worth the effort and the pain, since in the midst of this quest we can find signs offering hope, courage, and confidence.”

Author : Joerg Rieger
Publisher : Chalice Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 29,17 MB
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0827238606

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The American dream of "pulling yourself up by your bootstraps" is no longer possible, if it ever was. Most of us live paycheck-to-paycheck, and inequality has become one of the greatest problems facing our country. Working people and people of faith have the power to change this-but only when we get unified! In this practical and theological handbook for justice, renowned theologian Joerg Rieger and his wife, community and labor activist Rosemarie Henkel-Rieger, help the working majority (the 99% of us) understand what is happening and how we can make a difference. Discover how our faith is deeply connected with our work. Find out how to organize people and build power and what our different faith traditions can contribute. Learn from case studies where these principles have been used successfully-and how we can use them. Develop "deep solidarity" as a way to forge unity while employing our differences for the common good.

Author : Shana Penn
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 29,86 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472031962

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The first book to document women's crucial role in the fall of Poland's communist regime