The Social and Political Dimensions of Solidarity in Italy

Maggini, Nicola

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-73335-7_6

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“…In a more general perspective, the finding that values of self-transcendence and view of life as given is positively associated with activism is consistent with the finding of a number of studies that generalized social trust is an important precondition for solidarity activism in general (Trenz and Grasso 2018) in refugee solidarity activism in particular (Kiess, Lahusen, and Zschache 2018;Maggini 2018). In Løgstrup's own theory (Løgstrup 1997) and also in the writing of others (e.g., Freder-iksen and Heinskou 2016) the propensity to trust is strongly related to values of a view of life as given and therefore that such values and generalized trust in different studies of different cases and data are found to be positively related to refugee solidarity activism can be seen as consistent.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…This is so because the movement is party to the struggle between the political values of humanism and nationalism (Joas 2013;Hamann and Karakayali 2016;Fleischmann and Steinhilper 2017;Doerr 2017) which clash in relation to the issues of refugees and immigration and shape motivations for solidarity activism (Fernández G. G. 2018). Recent studies confirm that in general political attitudes, generalized social trust and religiosity are important preconditions for solidarity activism (Trenz and Grasso 2018;Lahusen and Grasso 2018a) and show that the class of refugee solidarity activism, compared to solidarity with other groups, is the most polarized by political attitude and generalized social trust (Maggini 2018;Kiess, Lahusen, and Zschache 2018;Kalogeraki 2018).…”

Section: Case Description: the September 2015 Mobilizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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High- And Low-Risk Activism: Differential Participation in a Refugee Solidarity Movement

Gundelach¹,

Toubøl²

2019

Mobilization: An International Quarterly

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This article presents a quantitative study of differential participation in low- and high-risk activism in the Danish refugee solidarity movement. Distinguishing between low- and high-risk activism, it shows the fruitfulness of combining what are often considered competing theoretical explanations related to (1) values, (2) microstructures, and (3) emotions. We analyze data from a unique survey of 1,856 respondents recruited via Facebook. The results show that low- and high-risk participation strongly correlate but are influenced by different factors. For low-risk activities, the most important factors are emotional reactions, structural availability, and predispositions in the form of basic human values. For high-risk activity, the important factors are prior history of activism and emotional reaction. Values, microstructures, and emotions interact in relation to participation in both kinds of activism, which points to promising avenues for integrating and developing the theoretical framework of differential participation and recruitment.

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Section: Valuessupporting

confidence: 84%

Section: Case Description: the September 2015 Mobilizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

High- And Low-Risk Activism: Differential Participation in a Refugee Solidarity Movement

Gundelach¹,

Toubøl²

2019

Mobilization: An International Quarterly

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“…Recent literature on attitudes toward welfare state redistribution shows that universalistic concerns and political values are key to understanding ranking preferences toward welfare recipients. In previous studies focused on solidarity practices in specific national contexts, we highlighted the importance of political factors and perceptions of deservingness as covariates of solidarity-based behavior in general (Fernández G. G., 2018; Maggini, 2018). Now, we aim at unveiling whether such findings affect beneficiary group types differently and if it can be generalized through a pooled analysis of eight countries covering part of the political, cultural, and socioeconomic diversity of Europe (Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom).…”

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confidence: 99%

Politicization of Solidarity Toward Out-Groups: The Case of Refugees

Maggini

2019

American Behavioral Scientist

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This study aims to explain the solidarity behavior toward a specific needy group that is not part of the national community (refugees) in comparison with vulnerable in-groups (the disabled or the unemployed), taking into account the interplay between individuals’ political orientations and their social dispositions based on the ranking preferences of solidarity beneficiaries. Through a multivariate regression analysis of survey data in eight European countries, we find that respondents’ ranking preferences have a lower impact on solidarity practices toward refugees, which are strongly fostered by progressive political orientations. This means that support for refugees relies on a universalistic conception of solidarity and entails political commitment to both leftist positions on economic issues and to libertarian stances on cultural issues. The latter only affect solidarity actions toward needy out-groups, unveiling the tensions between universalistic-particularistic concerns that are embodied in individual perceptions of deservingness between groups and in the cultural–identitarian dimension of political conflict.

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“…We expect to find similar relationships in our case study, as economically better-off respondents are more likely to depend less on the welfare state, which was one of the main targets of austerity measures, and thus be more willing to agree to cost-cutting in this area. With regard to religiosity, studies on solidarity have shown that more religious people tend to be more in favor of solidarity policies and charitable donations (Kiess, Lahusen, and Zschache 2018;Maggini 2018). We test whether these insights are also transferable to borrowing parties in the European solidarity deal.…”

Section: Datamentioning

confidence: 85%

Public support for the European solidarity deal in EU debtor states: the case of Greece

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Reinl

2021

Journal of European Integration

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This paper defines the solution to the European Sovereign Debt Crisis as a European solidarity deal and analyzes it from the perspective of citizens in an EU debtor state. To be more precise, we test the conditions under which citizens living in an indebted state support their country's part of the solidarity deal, namely the introduction of austerity measures to overcome the crisis. Using Greece in the peak of its drama as a case in point, we find that the belief in the necessity of the deal due to pessimistic economic evaluations, citizens' support for their country's EU membership as well as economic right-wing positions were clear determinants for citizens' vote in favor of the introduction of austerity measures, otherwise known to be highly unpopular.

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The Social and Political Dimensions of Solidarity in Italy

Cited by 5 publications

References 34 publications

High- And Low-Risk Activism: Differential Participation in a Refugee Solidarity Movement

High- And Low-Risk Activism: Differential Participation in a Refugee Solidarity Movement

Politicization of Solidarity Toward Out-Groups: The Case of Refugees

Public support for the European solidarity deal in EU debtor states: the case of Greece

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