Feeling the scope of solidarity: The role of emotions for volunteers supporting refugees in Germany
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In recent political debates in Germany, volunteers and citizens who support the cause of refugees are often accused of being “too emotional”. Based mainly on empirical evidence from 10 group discussions and 35 individual interviews with volunteers, conducted in 2016, this article undertakes a sociological analysis of the role of emotions for volunteers.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Social Inclusion |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Pages (from-to) | 7-16 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISSN | 2183-2803 |
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| Publication status | Published - 19.09.2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
The research for this article was financially supported by the Integration commissioner of the Federal government, the Hertie-Foundation and the Bertelsmann-Foundation. Thanks go to Mira Wallis, Leif Löffler, Mareike Heller and Laura Lambert for their assistance in data collection and to Ulrike Hamann and Olaf Kleist for productive collaborations in the different research projects that helped generate the data used in this article.
- Emotion, Germany, Refugees, Solidarity, Volunteers
- Sociology