This article discusses governance strategies activated in Europe aiming to monitor migration and ... more This article discusses governance strategies activated in Europe aiming to monitor migration and refugee flows. A central point to be made is that migrant policy is an essential component of the wider social policy, thus representing the type of welfare provision prevalent in each particular state. Moreover, it will be argued that, apart from the wider EU immigration and asylum policies, such as the successive Dublin regulations, which constitute major parameters governing mobility, welfare state traditions and systems act as steering mechanisms to mobility, directing and redirecting flows, as they foster motives for improved life conditions among migrants. Furthermore, refugee education policies will be examined in selected European countries, with a particular focus in frontier Greece. The article asserts that education, being part of the welfare state policies, plays a pivotal role in governing migration flows in twofold ways: first, facilitating and securing mobility strategies ...
This paper deals with migration policy in Europe, a highly debated and disputed topic, which is t... more This paper deals with migration policy in Europe, a highly debated and disputed topic, which is the common concern of the authors of this thematic issue. We argue that social policies and welfare systems are key parameters in the global governance of mobility, attracting, directing, or containing migration flows. Education, as a crucial social policy, plays an essential role not only in the process of social integration of migrants in host societies, but also in the process of governance of mobility. Different education policies represent strategies utilized on the part of the states, aiming at integration, segregation or discouragement of mobility, thus reflecting wider migration policy in contemporary European societies.
... This is a phenomenon that has been described as ª Religion without Godº (Daniel, 1998 ... not... more ... This is a phenomenon that has been described as ª Religion without Godº (Daniel, 1998 ... not differ from those that can be found in the 19th-century nationalism, which was ... Byzantium was a ªGreek empireº was an invention of late-nineteenth century historiography (Koulouri, 1988 ...
Religion, as social construct and institutional reality, has played a pivotal role in shaping Eur... more Religion, as social construct and institutional reality, has played a pivotal role in shaping European societies. In spite of the impact of Enlightenment theories in the formation of European modernity, institutionalized religions and established churches have managed to maintain their influence in the public domain. Educational systems, the par excellence institutions of modernity, represent an interesting example of the peculiar coexistence between tradition and modernity in European societies. The implications of the persistence of religion within the institutions of modernity are both epistemological and political. While the foundations of modern knowledge on reason are challenged in several aspects of school knowledge, fundamentalism, nationalism and social exclusion can result from school systems that encourage catechism and religiosity. The aim of this paper is to discuss the role of religion in contemporary European education systems and to reflect on the sociopolitical implications of this relationship, especially in the realm of social rights.
Religion, as social construct and institutional reality, has played a pivotal role in shaping Eur... more Religion, as social construct and institutional reality, has played a pivotal role in shaping European societies. In spite of the impact of Enlightenment theories in the formation of European modernity, institutionalized religions and established churches have managed to maintain their influence in the public domain. Educational systems, the par excellence institutions of modernity, represent an interesting example of the peculiar coexistence between tradition and modernity in European societies. The implications of the persistence of religion within the institutions of modernity are both epistemological and political. While the foundations of modern knowledge on reason are challenged in several aspects of school knowledge, fundamentalism, nationalism and social exclusion can result from school systems that encourage catechism and religiosity. The aim of this paper is to discuss the role of religion in contemporary European education systems and to reflect on the sociopolitical implications of this relationship, especially in the realm of social rights.
... This is a phenomenon that has been described as ª Religion without Godº (Daniel, 1998 ... not... more ... This is a phenomenon that has been described as ª Religion without Godº (Daniel, 1998 ... not differ from those that can be found in the 19th-century nationalism, which was ... Byzantium was a ªGreek empireº was an invention of late-nineteenth century historiography (Koulouri, 1988 ...
This paper aims to understand an emergent social practice of solidarity, that of voluntary shadow... more This paper aims to understand an emergent social practice of solidarity, that of voluntary shadow education ('social frontistiria'), in its socio-economic context. Perceiving the welfare state as the institutionalized form of solidarity, this paper attempts to analyze its specific nature and the process of political legitimisation stemming from enduring features of the Greek political culture. It is argued that the traditionally established practices are deconstructed in the face of the economic crisis. In the context of recession, new forms of solidarity emerge which transcend the enduring individualistic element of Greek society, based on social activism and volunteerism. While institutional solidarity is insufficient and traditional solidarity faints, civil society apparently emerges, introducing new social practices of solidarity. This paper shows, that the crisis, alongside its dismantling effects, may have some creative effect towards the development of new solidarities, new spaces of hybrid social practices.
Symposium contact person: Professor Jenny Ozga, Centre for Educational Sociology (CES), Universit... more Symposium contact person: Professor Jenny Ozga, Centre for Educational Sociology (CES), University of Edinburgh OVERVIEW: The symposium looks at the topic of European integration and enlargement and considers the impact of these developments on the ...
This article discusses governance strategies activated in Europe aiming to monitor migration and ... more This article discusses governance strategies activated in Europe aiming to monitor migration and refugee flows. A central point to be made is that migrant policy is an essential component of the wider social policy, thus representing the type of welfare provision prevalent in each particular state. Moreover, it will be argued that, apart from the wider EU immigration and asylum policies, such as the successive Dublin regulations, which constitute major parameters governing mobility, welfare state traditions and systems act as steering mechanisms to mobility, directing and redirecting flows, as they foster motives for improved life conditions among migrants. Furthermore, refugee education policies will be examined in selected European countries, with a particular focus in frontier Greece. The article asserts that education, being part of the welfare state policies, plays a pivotal role in governing migration flows in twofold ways: first, facilitating and securing mobility strategies ...
This paper deals with migration policy in Europe, a highly debated and disputed topic, which is t... more This paper deals with migration policy in Europe, a highly debated and disputed topic, which is the common concern of the authors of this thematic issue. We argue that social policies and welfare systems are key parameters in the global governance of mobility, attracting, directing, or containing migration flows. Education, as a crucial social policy, plays an essential role not only in the process of social integration of migrants in host societies, but also in the process of governance of mobility. Different education policies represent strategies utilized on the part of the states, aiming at integration, segregation or discouragement of mobility, thus reflecting wider migration policy in contemporary European societies.
... This is a phenomenon that has been described as ª Religion without Godº (Daniel, 1998 ... not... more ... This is a phenomenon that has been described as ª Religion without Godº (Daniel, 1998 ... not differ from those that can be found in the 19th-century nationalism, which was ... Byzantium was a ªGreek empireº was an invention of late-nineteenth century historiography (Koulouri, 1988 ...
Religion, as social construct and institutional reality, has played a pivotal role in shaping Eur... more Religion, as social construct and institutional reality, has played a pivotal role in shaping European societies. In spite of the impact of Enlightenment theories in the formation of European modernity, institutionalized religions and established churches have managed to maintain their influence in the public domain. Educational systems, the par excellence institutions of modernity, represent an interesting example of the peculiar coexistence between tradition and modernity in European societies. The implications of the persistence of religion within the institutions of modernity are both epistemological and political. While the foundations of modern knowledge on reason are challenged in several aspects of school knowledge, fundamentalism, nationalism and social exclusion can result from school systems that encourage catechism and religiosity. The aim of this paper is to discuss the role of religion in contemporary European education systems and to reflect on the sociopolitical implications of this relationship, especially in the realm of social rights.
Religion, as social construct and institutional reality, has played a pivotal role in shaping Eur... more Religion, as social construct and institutional reality, has played a pivotal role in shaping European societies. In spite of the impact of Enlightenment theories in the formation of European modernity, institutionalized religions and established churches have managed to maintain their influence in the public domain. Educational systems, the par excellence institutions of modernity, represent an interesting example of the peculiar coexistence between tradition and modernity in European societies. The implications of the persistence of religion within the institutions of modernity are both epistemological and political. While the foundations of modern knowledge on reason are challenged in several aspects of school knowledge, fundamentalism, nationalism and social exclusion can result from school systems that encourage catechism and religiosity. The aim of this paper is to discuss the role of religion in contemporary European education systems and to reflect on the sociopolitical implications of this relationship, especially in the realm of social rights.
... This is a phenomenon that has been described as ª Religion without Godº (Daniel, 1998 ... not... more ... This is a phenomenon that has been described as ª Religion without Godº (Daniel, 1998 ... not differ from those that can be found in the 19th-century nationalism, which was ... Byzantium was a ªGreek empireº was an invention of late-nineteenth century historiography (Koulouri, 1988 ...
This paper aims to understand an emergent social practice of solidarity, that of voluntary shadow... more This paper aims to understand an emergent social practice of solidarity, that of voluntary shadow education ('social frontistiria'), in its socio-economic context. Perceiving the welfare state as the institutionalized form of solidarity, this paper attempts to analyze its specific nature and the process of political legitimisation stemming from enduring features of the Greek political culture. It is argued that the traditionally established practices are deconstructed in the face of the economic crisis. In the context of recession, new forms of solidarity emerge which transcend the enduring individualistic element of Greek society, based on social activism and volunteerism. While institutional solidarity is insufficient and traditional solidarity faints, civil society apparently emerges, introducing new social practices of solidarity. This paper shows, that the crisis, alongside its dismantling effects, may have some creative effect towards the development of new solidarities, new spaces of hybrid social practices.
Symposium contact person: Professor Jenny Ozga, Centre for Educational Sociology (CES), Universit... more Symposium contact person: Professor Jenny Ozga, Centre for Educational Sociology (CES), University of Edinburgh OVERVIEW: The symposium looks at the topic of European integration and enlargement and considers the impact of these developments on the ...
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