Transnational Solidarity in Times of Crises

Christian Lahusen is Professor of Sociology, University of Siegen, Germany.Ulrike Zschache is Postdocoral Researcher in the Department of Social Sciences, University of Siegen, Germany.Maria Kousis is Director of the University of Crete Research Center for the Humanities, the Social and Education Sciences, Greece.

• 1. Introduction: Citizen Organisations, Transnational Solidarity and Collective Learning in Europe; Christian Lahusen, Ulrike Zschache and Maria Kousis.- Part 1. Solidarity in Adverse Contexts: Crisis and Retrenchment.- 2. Transnational Solidarity Organisations in Contemporary Greek Civil Society: Vibrant, Multifarious and Politicised; Kostas Kanellopoulos, Christina Karakioulafi, Pinelopi Alexandropoulou and Giorgos Soros.- 3. Civil Society Activism in Italy Across Different Fields: A Multifaceted Picture of Solidarity in Hard Times; Nicola Maggini and Veronica Federico.- 4. New Challenges and Changing Opportunities: The Differing Responses of Transnational Solidarity Organisations in Germany; Ulrike Zschache.- Part 2. Solidarity in Times of Welfare Retrenchment.- 5. Scopes of Solidarity in Times of Crisis: Insights from Poland; Janina Petelczyc, Rafał Bakalarczyk and Ryszard Szarfenberg.- 6. Changing Fields ofSolidarity in France: A Cross-field Analysis of Migration, Unemployment and Disability; Manlio Cinalli, Carlo De Nuzzo, Cecilia Santilli.- 7.  Against the Tide: Transnational Solidarity in Brexit Britain; Simone Baglioni, Olga Biosca and Thomas Montgomery.- 8. The Danish Welfare State and Transnational Solidarity in Times of Crisis; Deniz N. Duru, Hans-Jörg Trenz and Thomas Spejlborg Sejersen.- 9. Organisational Solidarity in Switzerland Across Fields: Interlinkages Between Immigration and (Un)employment; Eva Fernández G. G., Anna-Lena Nadler and Ophelia Nicole-Berva.- 10. Conclusion: Differing Contexts, Converging Experiences, Transnational Solidarity; Ulrike Zschache and Christian Lahusen.