Demand and Deliver: Refugee Support Organisations in Austria
| Autor: | Atac, Ilker, Jong, Sara de |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Sociology & anthropology
Social sciences sociology anthropology Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Soziologie Anthropologie Migration Sociology of Migration Organizational Sociology Organisationssoziologie Militärsoziologie Migration bürgerschaftliches Engagement Flüchtling soziale Bewegung Asylbewerber Österreich Governance soziale Unterstützung Organisationsstruktur nichtstaatliche Organisation Zivilgesellschaft Migrationspolitik civil society social movement social support Austria non-governmental organization migration policy governance asylum seeker refugee citizens' involvement organizational structure |
| Zdroj: | Social Inclusion, 5, 3, 28-37, Perspectives on the European Border Regime: Mobilization, Contestation, and the Role of Civil Society |
| Druh dokumentu: | journal article<br />Zeitschriftenartikel |
| ISSN: | 2183-2803 |
| DOI: | 10.17645/si.v5i3.1003 |
| Popis: | This article analyses four emerging refugee support organisations in Austria, founded before the so-called refugee crisis in 2015. It argues that these organisations have managed to occupy a middle space between mainstream NGOs and social movements with structures of inclusive governance, a high degree of autonomy, personalised relationships with refugees, and radical critique combined with service delivery. Based on interviews with the founders of each organisation, we show that their previous NGO and social movement experience formed a springboard for the new initiatives. It not only allowed them to identify significant gaps in existing service provision, but also provided the space of confrontation with the asylum system inspiring a strong sense of outrage, which in turn developed into political critique. We argue that this critique combined with identifying the needs of asylum seekers and refugees has produced a new type of organisation, which both delivers services and articulates radical demands. Each organisation offers a space of encounter, which undoes the ‘organised disintegration’ of the asylum system. |
| Databáze: | SSOAR – Social Science Open Access Repository |
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