Political-Humanitarian Borderwork on the Southern European Border: Mainstream Humanitarian Organizations...

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Roberto Calarco

Political-Humanitarian Borderwork on the Southern European Border

Mainstream Humanitarian Organizations Within and Beyond the Hotspot System in Sicily

Roberto Calarco

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English

Palgrave Macmillan
21 February 2024

Migration, immigration & emigration; Aid & relief programmes; Geopolitics; Human geography

Series: Mobility & Politics

This book focuses on the role mainstream humanitarian organizations have in the functioning of the border management system on the southern European border (i.e. Italy). In particular, the author analyses the mainstream humanitarian organizations and NGOs (i.e. Red Cross, the UNHCR, Medici per I Diritti Umani – MEDU, Terre des Hommes and Oxfam) and their role within and beyond the implementation of the so-called ‘hotspot approach’ in Sicily. This work suggests that a vision of humanitarian action as just anti-political and complicit with migration control can be questioned. This book suggests that a) mainstream organizations have been able to politicize their positioning and actions vis-à-vis authorities when migration policies have been tightened; b) mainstream organizations’ political borderwork has helped to promote incremental change in the status quo rather than a radical one. Finally, this book suggests that the discourses and practices of mainstream and grassroots actors seems to be characterized by similar contradictions.

By: Roberto Calarco
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Edition: 1st ed. 2024
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
Weight: 402g
ISBN: 9783031405037
ISBN 10: 303140503X
Series: Mobility & Politics
Pages: 189
Publication Date: 21 February 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Italian Border Management Policy Strategies.-Chapter 3. Humanitarianism, (De)politicization and Migration Control.- Chapter 4. The Implementation of the Hotspot Approach in Italy.- Chapter 5. Mainstream Humanitarian Organizations Politicizing the Increasingly Restrictive Border Management System.- Chapter 6. Mainstream Humanitarian Organizations Depoliticizing the Border Management System.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.

Roberto Calarco is Doctor of Sociology at the Sorbonne Paris Nord University, France, and Doctor of Sociology and Methodology of Social Research at the University of Milan, Italy.