Varieties of European humanitarianism
Varieties of European humanitarianism
European humanitarianism includes a wide variety of actors, including governmental and non-governmental, secular, and faith-based organisations, as well as diaspora networks and self-organised aid ‘from below’. The chapter focuses primarily on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and discuss humanitarian action in Switzerland, Western European countries, Nordic countries, Southern European Countries, Central and Eastern Europe, Türkiye, and the European Union (EU). In each sub-section, we discuss selected historical developments, countries, and humanitarian organisations. We also consider how European responses to various refugee crises reflect global and racial inequalities and note that right-wing political parties, movements, and governments seek to restrict migration and support for refugees across Europe. Furthermore, it is important to keep in mind that European refugees and other victims of crises and wars have received humanitarian assistance both from European and non-European humanitarian actors.
citizen groups, humanitarianism, non-governmental organisations, refugees, right-wing politics
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Roth, Silke
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Denskus, Tobias
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13 February 2024
Roth, Silke
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Denskus, Tobias
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Roth, Silke and Denskus, Tobias
(2024)
Varieties of European humanitarianism.
In,
Roth, Silke, Purkayastha, Bandana and Denskus, Tobias
(eds.)
Handbook of Humanitarianism and Inequality.
(Elgar Handbooks on Inequality)
Cheltenham.
Edward Elgar Publishing, .
(doi:10.4337/9781802206555.00044).
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European humanitarianism includes a wide variety of actors, including governmental and non-governmental, secular, and faith-based organisations, as well as diaspora networks and self-organised aid ‘from below’. The chapter focuses primarily on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and discuss humanitarian action in Switzerland, Western European countries, Nordic countries, Southern European Countries, Central and Eastern Europe, Türkiye, and the European Union (EU). In each sub-section, we discuss selected historical developments, countries, and humanitarian organisations. We also consider how European responses to various refugee crises reflect global and racial inequalities and note that right-wing political parties, movements, and governments seek to restrict migration and support for refugees across Europe. Furthermore, it is important to keep in mind that European refugees and other victims of crises and wars have received humanitarian assistance both from European and non-European humanitarian actors.
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Accepted/In Press date: 8 June 2023
Published date: 13 February 2024
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citizen groups, humanitarianism, non-governmental organisations, refugees, right-wing politics
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Tobias Denskus
Editor:
Silke Roth
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Bandana Purkayastha
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Tobias Denskus
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