Transnational Solidarity
Concept, Challenges and Opportunities

This book analyses the concept and conditions of transnational solidarity, the challenges and the opportunities, from an interdisciplinary global perspective.

Helle Krunke (Edited by), Hanne Petersen (Edited by), Ian Manners (Edited by)

9781108487368, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 9 July 2020

438 pages, 12 b/w illus. 2 tables
23.5 x 15.7 x 2.9 cm, 0.8 kg

The book analyses the concept and conditions of transnational solidarity, its challenges and opportunities, drawing on diverse disciplines as Law, Political Science, Sociology, Philosophy, Psychology and History. In the contemporary world, we see two major opposing trends. The first involves nationalistic and populistic movements. Transnational solidarity has been under pressure for a decade because of, among others, global economic and migration crises, leading to populistic and authoritarian leadership in some European countries, the United States and Brazil. Countries withdraw from international commitments on climate, trade and refugees and the European Union struggles with Brexit. The second trend, partly a reaction to the first, is a strengthened transnational grass-root community – a cosmopolitan movement – which protests primarily against climate change. Based on interdisciplinary reflections on the concept of transnational solidarity, its challenges and opportunities are analysed, drawing on Europe as a focal case study for a broader, global perspective.

Introduction: TRANSNATIONAL SOLIDARITY
Part I TRANSNATIONAL SOLIDARITY – CONCEPT AND CONDITIONS
1. Solidarity – a Short History from the Concept's Beginnings to the Present Situation Sven-Eric Liedman
2. Solidarity Between the National and the Transnational: What Do We Owe to 'Outsiders'? Carol Gould
3. Democratic Solidarity Between Global Crisis and Cosmopolitan Hope Hauke Brunkhorst
4. Chains of Solidarity: Violence and Debt Nathalie Karagiannis
5. Symbols and Myths of Solidarity of European Union Transnational Solidarity Ian Manners
Part II TRANSNATIONAL SOLIDARITY IN EUROPE – UNDER PRESSURE AND CHANGE
6. Solidarity and the Economic and Monetary Union in Times of Economic Crisis Ulla Neergaard
7.The financial crisis in the EU: European, Solidarity, and (financial) Crises Graham Butler and Holly Snaith
8. Refugee Protection as a Public Good: How to make Responsibility-Sharing Initiatives More Effective Eiko Thielemann
9. The Brexit Crisis: Challenges for Cross-border Solidarity Alison Young
10. Transnational Claims in the European Union and the Founding Principle of Solidarity Antoni Abat Ninet
Part III (RE)ESTABLISHING TRANSNATIONAL SOLIDARITY WITHIN EXISTING EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICAL SETTINgs
11. The European Model of Transnational Democracy Alexander Somek
12. Building Solidarity through International Courts: Solidarity in the EU and the European Court of Justice Dagmar Schiek
13. Civic Solidarity in Transnational spaces – Organization and Institutionalization of Solidarity within the European Union Christian Lahusen
Part IV CREATING NEW FORMS OF TRANSNATIONAL SOLIARITY IN EUROPE
14. Free Movement and Social Citizenship: Towards a Politically Constructed Understanding of Solidarity across Borders Chenchen Zhang
15. New Opportunities for Transnational Solidarity Mobilization: The Role of the Media Hans-Jürg Trenz
16. Changing Normativity and Solidarity: European Legal and Trans-religious Perspectives Hanne Petersen
17. Cross-Border Solidarity among European Cities Helle Krunke and Katarina Hovden
CONCLUDING THOUGHTS: CONCEPT, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Editors.

Subject Areas: International economic & trade law [LBBM], Public international law [LBB], International relations [JPS]