TY - JOUR

T1 - Feeling the scope of solidarity

T2 - The role of emotions for volunteers supporting refugees in Germany

AU - Karakayali, Serhat

N1 - 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.

PY - 2017/9/19

Y1 - 2017/9/19

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Emotion

KW - Germany

KW - Refugees

KW - Solidarity

KW - Volunteers

KW - Sociology

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85029773641&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.17645/si.v5i3.1008

DO - 10.17645/si.v5i3.1008

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85029773641

VL - 5

SP - 7

EP - 16

JO - Social Inclusion

JF - Social Inclusion

SN - 2183-2803

IS - 3

ER -