Transnational Solidarity Organisations with Asian and non-Asian Migrants in Eight European Countries: Searching for the Commons

Angelos  Loukakis; Chara Kokkinou; Stefania Kalogeraki; Maria Kousis

doi:10.18357/mmd61202321598

Angelos Loukakis Institute of Social Studies of the National Centre of Social Research (IKE-EKKE)
Chara Kokkinou University of Crete
Stefania Kalogeraki University of Crete
Maria Kousis University of Crete

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18357/mmd61202321598

Abstract

With migration waves from Asia increasing in the past decade, numerous studies focus on how civil society organizations have responded. However, there is a lack of systematic research on the solidarity approach different organizations follow and whether specific types of solidarity approaches are related to constituency groups of Asian origin. Using primary systematic data from the TransSOL (EC Horizon 2020) research project, the paper first examines specific organizational features (such as activities, aims, etc.) of Transnational Solidarity Organizations (TSOs) aiming to support migrants (among them Asian) in eight European countries. Moreover, the chapter investigates the main solidarity approaches (top-down, bottom-up or mutual-help oriented) and the values adopted by TSOs addressing the needs of constituency groups from Asia and those catering to the needs of non-Asian constituency groups. The indicative findings aim to shed light on distinct features of commons among TSOs supporting Asian and non-Asian migrant groups across European contexts.

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Author Biographies

Angelos Loukakis, Institute of Social Studies of the National Centre of Social Research (IKE-EKKE)

Angelos Loukakis is a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Social Studies of the National Centre of Social Research (IKE-EKKE).

Chara Kokkinou, University of Crete

Chara Kokkinou is a PhD student in Sociology of Work (University of Crete), holds an MSc in Sociology, an MA in Philosophy (UoC) and a Bachelor in European Culture (Hellenic Open University, School of Humanities).

Stefania Kalogeraki, University of Crete

Stefania Kalogeraki is Associate Professor of Quantitative Methods in Sociology and Social Demography at the Department of Sociology, University of Crete (Greece). She holds a BSc in Statistics (1998, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece), an MA in Sociology with Research Training (2002, University of Reading, UK) and a Ph.D. in Sociology (2007, University of Reading, UK).

Maria Kousis, University of Crete

Maria Kousis (PhD, University of Michigan, 1984) is Professor of Sociology at the University of Crete, with research interests on Social Change, Contentious Politics, Environmental Politics, Social Impacts of Crises and Southern Europe. Her publications consist of 17 edited volumes, books and special issues.