Motivations and Effects of Volunteering for Refugees. Spaces of Encounter and Political Influence of the 'New Civic Engagement' in Milan

<span class="abs_content">The article focuses on the new civic engagement often referred to as volunteer welcome initiatives. Indeed, during the misnamed 'migration/refugee crisis', a consistent number of citizens in Europe engaged in practices of helping toward refugees an...

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Autor principal:	Maurizio Artero
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Publicado:	Coordinamento SIBA 2019
Materias:	civil society mobilisations immigrant rights movement milan volunteering welcome initiatives Political science (General) JA1-92
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:06c1a43462254cbeab54771e8d42bc912021-11-21T15:11:40ZMotivations and Effects of Volunteering for Refugees. Spaces of Encounter and Political Influence of the 'New Civic Engagement' in Milan1972-76232035-660910.1285/i20356609v12i1p142https://doaj.org/article/06c1a43462254cbeab54771e8d42bc912019-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/20665https://doaj.org/toc/1972-7623https://doaj.org/toc/2035-6609<span class="abs_content">The article focuses on the new civic engagement often referred to as volunteer welcome initiatives. Indeed, during the misnamed 'migration/refugee crisis', a consistent number of citizens in Europe engaged in practices of helping toward refugees and migrants. Based on participant observations and 28 interviews with volunteers from four different voluntary groups running their activities in Milan, Italy, I argue that such organizations offer a space of encounter and confrontation with migrants throughout which volunteers develop a strong sense of outrage and critical awareness of asylum system deficiencies. Moreover, it is argued that these organizations have had an important role within Milan's urban policy arena, to the extent that they contributed in shaping how the challenges of receiving the many newcomers were addressed locally.</span><br />Maurizio ArteroCoordinamento SIBAarticlecivil society mobilisationsimmigrant rights movementmilanvolunteeringwelcome initiativesPolitical science (General)JA1-92ENPartecipazione e Conflitto, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 142-167 (2019)
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description	<span class="abs_content">The article focuses on the new civic engagement often referred to as volunteer welcome initiatives. Indeed, during the misnamed 'migration/refugee crisis', a consistent number of citizens in Europe engaged in practices of helping toward refugees and migrants. Based on participant observations and 28 interviews with volunteers from four different voluntary groups running their activities in Milan, Italy, I argue that such organizations offer a space of encounter and confrontation with migrants throughout which volunteers develop a strong sense of outrage and critical awareness of asylum system deficiencies. Moreover, it is argued that these organizations have had an important role within Milan's urban policy arena, to the extent that they contributed in shaping how the challenges of receiving the many newcomers were addressed locally.</span><br />
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title	Motivations and Effects of Volunteering for Refugees. Spaces of Encounter and Political Influence of the 'New Civic Engagement' in Milan
title_short	Motivations and Effects of Volunteering for Refugees. Spaces of Encounter and Political Influence of the 'New Civic Engagement' in Milan
title_full	Motivations and Effects of Volunteering for Refugees. Spaces of Encounter and Political Influence of the 'New Civic Engagement' in Milan
title_fullStr	Motivations and Effects of Volunteering for Refugees. Spaces of Encounter and Political Influence of the 'New Civic Engagement' in Milan
title_full_unstemmed	Motivations and Effects of Volunteering for Refugees. Spaces of Encounter and Political Influence of the 'New Civic Engagement' in Milan
title_sort	motivations and effects of volunteering for refugees. spaces of encounter and political influence of the 'new civic engagement' in milan
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publishDate	2019
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Motivations and Effects of Volunteering for Refugees. Spaces of Encounter and Political Influence of the 'New Civic Engagement' in Milan

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