‘I always felt I have something I must do in my life’ : meaning making in the political lives of refugee non-citizens

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Authors

JAWORSKY Bernadette Nadya KLVAŇOVÁ Radka SIDIROPULU JANKŮ Kateřina

Year of publication 2024
Type Article in Periodical
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Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Web article - open access
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1070289X.2023.2189374
Keywords Refugee non-citizens; political participation; biographical research; cultural sociology; Austria; Czechia
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Description This article discusses the potential of bringing biographical and cultural sociology together in the analysis of the political lives of refugee non-citizens. Our analysis is based on empirical research conducted in two regions outside the capital areas of Austria and Czechia. The conceptual focus is on modes of political participation and if and how they shift during the migration experience. To explore the political lives of refugee non-citizens, we call upon complementary theories, on alternative forms of (non)citizenship and on the autonomy of migration and asylum as regards agency in the everyday practices of people who cross borders. The findings show that our research participants’ political lives tend to remain rather untouched by the migration experience itself.
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