Lexington Books
Pages: 238
Trim: 6⅜ x 9
978-1-7936-0024-0 • Hardback • May 2020 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
978-1-7936-0025-7 • eBook • May 2020 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Melissa Schnyder is professor of global security and international relations at American Public University.
Noha Shawki is professor in and associate chairperson of the department of politics and government at Illinois State University.
Introduction: Norm Contestation Involving Refugees as Persons in Need of Protection and Refugees as Security Threats
Chapter 1: Understanding Normative Contestation: A Theoretical Framework
Chapter 2: The Global Refugee Regime: An Overview of the Status-Quo
Chapter 3: Analyzing Far-Right Anti-Refugee Discourse in Europe: A Framing Approach
Chapter 4: Pro-Refugee Civil Society Advocacy at the European Union Level
Chapter 5: Pro-Refugee Civil Society Advocacy in High Contestation States: Austria, France, and Germany
Chapter 6: Pro-Refugee Civil Society Advocacy in Low Contestation States: Spain and Luxembourg
Conclusion: Reflections and Future Directions
“What would a refugee policy look like that was not distorted by emotional and nationalist politics? In Advocating for Refugees in the European Union Schnyder and Shawki convincingly show that a norm-based approach could reshape immigration policy for the better.”
— Reece Jones, University of Hawaii at Manoa
“Advocating for Refugees in the European Union is a meticulously researched analysis of the impact civil society organizations have in adopting normative re-framing relating to migrants, and in particular, refugees seeking protection in Europe. It clarifies admirably the confusing array of initiatives and the complex interactions of policy actors. Above all it highlights the primary paradox of the migration debate, namely, how to protect migrants but at the same time reconciling norms with the forces of nationalism and populism. A highly recommendable addition to the migration literature.”
— Richard Lewis, Vrije Universteit Brussels