Europe and the Refugee Response by El?bieta M. Go?dziak, Izab... - 9781032174556

Taylor & Francis

Europe and the Refugee ResponseA Crisis of Values?\nAuthor(s): El?bieta M. Go?dziak, Izabella Main, Brigitte Suter\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032174556, 978-1032174556\nSynopsis\nThis book explores how the rising numbers of refugees entering Europe from 2015 onwards played into fears of cultural, religious, and ethnic differences across the continent. The migrant, or refugee crisis, prompted fierce debate about European norms and values, with some commentators questioning whether mostly Muslim refugees would be able to adhere to these values, and be able to integrate into a predominantly Christian European society. In this volume, philosophers, legal scholars, anthropologists and sociologists, analyze some of these debates and discuss practical strategies to reconcile the values that underpin the European project with multiculturalism and religious pluralism, whilst at the same time safeguarding the rightse