1st Edition

Political and Military Sociology The European Refugee Crisis

Edited By Karthika Sasikumar, Danijela Dudley Copyright 2019
152 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

152 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

152 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This special edition of Political and Military Sociology: An Annual Review encompasses a full range of coverage on the European refugee crisis. Contributions include a focus on the characteristics and motivations of modern-day migrants, an analysis of the inconsistent standards displayed by the European Union, and the militarization happening across parts of Europe in response. The volume... Read more

Contents

Introduction
Danijela Dudley and Karthika Sasikumar

Who Are the Refugees?: A Demographic Analysis
Petar Vrgović and Nila Kapor-Stanulović

Serbia and the Migration Crisis: The Power of Framing
Karthika Sasikumar

From Ambiguous Refugees to Potential Citizens: Turkey's Domestic and International Challenges and its Syrians
Sultan Tepe and Anahit Gomtsian

The Ex-Yugoslav States and the 2015 Refugee/Migrant Crisis: Victims or Opportunists?
Filip Kovačević

Policing the Mediterranean: The Use of Naval Forces in Immigration Enforcement
Jonathan Swarts

Italy and the Refugee Crisis: The Humanitarian Dilemma
Francesca Longo

Challenged Integration: Europe's Refugee Crisis
Danijela Dudley

From Technologies of Control to "Facebook Refugees:" The Unintended Consequences of the EU-Turkey Agreement on the Refugee Crisis in Greece
Neovi M. Karakatsanis

Biography

Karthika Sasikumar is Associate Professor of Political Science at San Jose State University. She has done postdoctoral work at the University of British Columbia and Harvard University. Her research interests are in international security, national identity, and immigration. Her articles have appeared in Mediterranean Quarterly, Review of International Studies, and Place Branding and Public Diplomacy.

Danijela Dudley is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at San Jose State University. She received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Riverside. Her research focuses on civil–military relations, institution building in transitioning societies, the influence of international integration on democratization processes, and European politics.