Bridging, bonding, and linking? Syrian refugee-led organisations and integration in Berlin
Bridging, bonding, and linking? Syrian refugee-led organisations and integration in Berlin
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
J. Wood
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作者：
Evan Easton;J. Wood
摘要 在本文中，我们分析了德国柏林由叙利亚难民领导的组织和倡议，包括由个人、小团体或作为宗教机构一部分领导的组织和倡议，以了解它们在叙利亚人融入进程中的作用。我们利用难民融入框架来研究桥梁、纽带和联系在促进社会联系方面的作用。我们认为，这些组织旨在促进的社会联系类型会影响叙利亚难民的融入进程，事实上，创建此类举措的过程表明了融入德国的重要组成部分。值得注意的是，叙利亚难民领导的组织的存在表明，德国为公民社会提供的有利环境与难民以在叙利亚很大程度上受到压制的方式参与公民社会之间存在着引人注目的相互作用。我们认为，难民领导的组织构成了与难民融合理论相关的重要概念检验点，并且有可能在此类框架内作为独立行动者进行分析。许多组织似乎是社会服务的中介机构，甚至是社会服务的提供者，这表明它们是难民援助中不可或缺的但被忽视的参与者。据我们所知，这是柏林叙利亚难民领导的组织和倡议的首次绘制。
ABSTRACT In this article, we analyse Syrian refugee-led organisations and initiatives in Berlin, Germany, including those led by individuals, small groups or as part of religious institutions, to understand their role in the integration process for Syrians. We draw on a framework of refugee integration to examine the role of bridging, bonding, and linking in fostering social connections. We argue that the types of social connections these organisations aim to foster impact the integration process for Syrian refugees, and indeed that the process of creating such initiatives is demonstrative of important components of integration into Germany. Notably, the existence of Syrian refugee-led organisations demonstrates a compelling interplay between Germany’s enabling environment for civil society and refugees’ engagement in it in ways that were largely suppressed in Syria. We posit that refugee-led organisations constitute an important conceptual site of examination relating to theories on refugee integration, and have the potential to be analysed as independent actors within such frameworks. Many organisations appear to be intermediaries or even suppliers of social services, suggesting they are integral yet overlooked actors within refugee assistance. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first mapping of Syrian refugee-led organisations and initiatives in Berlin.