Grassroots European Solidarity
Italian Solidarity Movements in the Western Balkans in the 1990s and 2020s and Their Visions of Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11102142 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chiara Milan (0000-0002-2604-3442, Scuola Normale Superiore, corresponding author), Luisa Chiodi (0000-0002-5831-9677, Osservatorio Balcani Caucaso Transeuropa, Trento, Italy) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 248-270 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Southeastern Europe (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-4467 • E-ISSN: 1876-3332 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.30965/18763332-46030002 |
| OpenAlex | W4321178804 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
This article investigates how the idea of European solidarity and the vision of Europe changed over time amongst Italian groups and individuals engaged in solidarity actions in support of Internally Displaced Persons ( idp s) and refugees in the Western Balkans in the 1990s and 2020s. By means of document analysis and in-depth qualitative interviews, the article shows that individuals partaking in solidarity initiatives framed their action as European grassroots solidarity, enacted to replace the institutional solidarity that the EU failed to offer. While solidarity groups in the 1990s saw the EU-in-the-making as alternative to the power politics of member states worsening the conflicts in the region, those mobilising in the 2020s expressed a more critical and disenchanted vision characterised by rage, disillusionment, and disappointment towards an EU perceived as having betrayed its ideal foundations while dealing with migration along the Balkan route
Disappointment · Economics · European union · Grassroots · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Refugee · Sociology · Solidarity · European Union Policy and Governance · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |