Transnational Solidarity: Concept, Challenges and Opportunities

Cambridge University Press, 7/9/2020
EAN 9781108487368, ISBN10: 110848736X

Hardcover, 438 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
Language: English

The book analyses the concept and conditions of transnational solidarity, its challenges and opportunities, drawing on diverse disciplines as Law, Political Science, Sociology, Philosophy, Psychology and History. In the contemporary world, we see two major opposing trends. The first involves nationalistic and populistic movements. Transnational solidarity has been under pressure for a decade because of, among others, global economic and migration crises, leading to populistic and authoritarian leadership in some European countries, the United States and Brazil. Countries withdraw from international commitments on climate, trade and refugees and the European Union struggles with Brexit. The second trend, partly a reaction to the first, is a strengthened transnational grass-root community – a cosmopolitan movement – which protests primarily against climate change. Based on interdisciplinary reflections on the concept of transnational solidarity, its challenges and opportunities are analysed, drawing on Europe as a focal case study for a broader, global perspective.

Introduction
TRANSNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
Part I TRANSNATIONAL SOLIDARITY – CONCEPT AND CONDITIONS
1. Solidarity – a Short History from the Concept's Beginnings to the Present Situation Sven-Eric Liedman
2. Solidarity Between the National and the Transnational
What Do We Owe to 'Outsiders'? Carol Gould
3. Democratic Solidarity Between Global Crisis and Cosmopolitan Hope Hauke Brunkhorst
4. Chains of Solidarity
Violence and Debt Nathalie Karagiannis
5. Symbols and Myths of Solidarity of European Union Transnational Solidarity Ian Manners
Part II TRANSNATIONAL SOLIDARITY IN EUROPE – UNDER PRESSURE AND CHANGE
6. Solidarity and the Economic and Monetary Union in Times of Economic Crisis Ulla Neergaard
7.The financial crisis in the EU
European, Solidarity, and (financial) Crises Graham Butler and Holly Snaith
8. Refugee Protection as a Public Good
How to make Responsibility-Sharing Initiatives More Effective Eiko Thielemann
9. The Brexit Crisis
Challenges for Cross-border Solidarity Alison Young
10. Transnational Claims in the European Union and the Founding Principle of Solidarity Antoni Abat Ninet
Part III (RE)ESTABLISHING TRANSNATIONAL SOLIDARITY WITHIN EXISTING EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICAL SETTINgs
11. The European Model of Transnational Democracy Alexander Somek
12. Building Solidarity through International Courts
Solidarity in the EU and the European Court of Justice Dagmar Schiek
13. Civic Solidarity in Transnational spaces – Organization and Institutionalization of Solidarity within the European Union Christian Lahusen
Part IV CREATING NEW FORMS OF TRANSNATIONAL SOLIARITY IN EUROPE
14. Free Movement and Social Citizenship
Towards a Politically Constructed Understanding of Solidarity across Borders Chenchen Zhang
15. New Opportunities for Transnational Solidarity Mobilization
The Role of the Media Hans-Jürg Trenz
16. Changing Normativity and Solidarity
European Legal and Trans-religious Perspectives Hanne Petersen
17. Cross-Border Solidarity among European Cities Helle Krunke and Katarina Hovden
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
CONCEPT, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Editors.