European Solidarity in Times of Crisis

Taylor & Francis

European Solidarity in Times of CrisisInsights from a Thirteen-Country Survey\nAuthor(s): Jrgen Gerhards, Holger Lengfeld, Zsfia Igncz, Florian Kley, Maximilian Priem\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367727093, 978-0367727093\nSynopsis\nThe euro crisis, several sovereign debt crises, the Great Recession, the refugee crisis, and Brexit have all challenged Europeans willingness to show solidarity with other European citizens and member states of the European Union. European Solidarity in Times of Crisis provides a clear theoretical framework to understand European solidarity for the first time. It offers a systematic empirical approach to determine the strength and causes of European solidarity. The authors distinguish between four domains of solidarity and test a set of theoretically derived criteria with a unique dataset to investigate European solidarity.\n\nBased on a survey conducted in thirteen EU member sta.