Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Political Protest in Asylum and Deportation. An Introduction -- 1.1 Defining Protest -- 1.2 Aims of the Volume -- 1.3 Manifestations of Protest in Asylum and Deportation -- 1.3.1 Solidarity Protest Against Deportations -- 1.3.2 Refugee Activism for Social Inclusion -- 1.3.3 Restrictive Protest Against Asylum Seekers -- 1.4 Policy Change and Implementation Stop -- 1.5 The Role of National Contexts -- 1.6 Methods and Data -- 1.7 Organization of the Volume -- References -- Part II: Contextualizing Protest -- Chapter 2: Asylum Policies and Protests in Austria -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Political Power Relations and Public Opinion in Migration -- 2.2.1 State Actors -- 2.2.2 Non-state Actors -- 2.2.3 European Union -- 2.3 Asylum Procedures and Decision-Making Competences -- 2.3.1 Development of Asylum Applications -- 2.3.2 Development of Deportations -- 2.3.3 Possibility to Stay -- 2.4 Protest Culture and Public Opinion in Austria -- 2.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Between Illegalization, Toleration, and Recognition: Contested Asylum and Deportation Policies in Germany -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Contentions Over Asylum and Deportation in Germany -- 3.3 Administrative Decision-Making Authority -- 3.4 Protest Culture -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Who Ought to Stay? Asylum Policy and Protest Culture in Switzerland -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Swiss Asylum Policy -- 4.2.1 The Refugee Definition -- 4.2.2 The Right to Seek Asylum -- 4.2.3 Deportation and the So-Called Bogus Refugee -- 4.2.4 Legal Support to Stay or Return -- 4.3 Competences for Administrative Decisions Regarding Reception, Deportation and Stay in Switzerland -- 4.4 Protest Culture -- 4.5 Conclusion -- References.

Part III: Solidarity Protests Against Deportations -- Chapter 5: Tracing Anti-deportation Protests: A Longitudinal Comparison of Austria, Germany and Switzerland -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Conceptualizing Anti-deportation Protest -- 5.2.1 Notions and Concepts -- 5.2.2 Analytical Framework of Anti-deportation Protest -- 5.2.3 Self-Interest Versus Solidarity Protest -- 5.2.4 Aspiring Political Claims or Individual Enforcement Solutions -- 5.2.5 Local, National or Transnational Protest -- 5.3 The Participatory Context of Anti-deportation Protest -- 5.4 Data and Methods -- 5.5 Protest Frequency -- 5.6 Protest Actors and Their Repertoires -- 5.6.1 Main Actors -- 5.7 Repertoires of Protest -- 5.8 Protest Claims -- 5.9 Differences and Similarities in Protest Trajectories -- 5.10 Solidarity, Case-Specific, Local Protest Movement -- 5.10.1 Solidarity Protest -- 5.10.2 Case-Specific Protest -- 5.10.3 Local Protest -- 5.11 Conclusion and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 6: Worth the Effort: Protesting Successfully Against Deportations -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Explaining Success in Protests against Deportation -- 6.3 Data and Methodology -- 6.4 Mechanisms Favoring Success of Anti-Deportation Protests -- 6.5 What Is Worth the Effort? -- 6.6 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Interviews -- References -- Chapter 7: Saving the Deportee: Actors and Strategies of Anti-deportation Protests in Switzerland -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Theoretical Framework -- 7.3 Data and Methods -- 7.4 Personifying and Exemplifying: Two Ideal-Types of Case-Specific Protests -- 7.4.1 Actor Structure: The Initiator, the Hard Core of Support, and the Network -- 7.4.2 Initiator: The Strength of the Beneficiary's Weak Ties -- 7.4.3 Hard Core of Support: Leading and Coordinating the Protest -- 7.4.4 Network: The Power of Democratic Legitimacy -- 7.4.5 Strategies: The Role of the Beneficiary.

7.4.6 Personifying Protests and Person-Centered Claims -- 7.4.7 Exemplifying Protests and Change-Oriented Claims -- 7.5 Discussion and Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Interviews -- References -- Part IV: Refugee Activism for Inclusion -- Chapter 8: "We Belong Together!" Collective Anti-­deportation Protests in Osnabr�uck -- 8.1 Introduction: Deportability and Anti-deportation Protests -- 8.2 Data and Methods -- 8.3 The Alliance Against Deportations in Osnabr�uck -- 8.4 Breaking Isolation -- 8.5 Reversing In/Visibility -- 8.6 Lessening Uncertainty -- 8.7 Conclusion -- Appendix: Interviews -- References -- Chapter 9: "We Are Here to Stay" - Refugee Struggles in Germany Between Unity and Division -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 The German-European Migration and Border Regime -- 9.3 Migratory and Refugee Struggles in Germany -- 9.3.1 History and Transformation of Migrants' Resistance -- 9.3.2 Women in Exile -- 9.3.3 Youth Without Borders -- 9.3.4 Lampedusa in Hamburg -- 9.3.5 Comparisons: Different Positionalities of Refugee Self-Organization -- 9.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 10: "We Demand Our Rights!" The Refugee Protest Camp Vienna -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Timeline -- 10.3 The Beginning of the Movement - Seizure of a Political Opportunity or the Presupposition of Itself? -- 10.4 Framework: Weak Interests and Non-losable Lives -- 10.5 The Organization of Weak Interests in the Refugee Protest Camp Vienna -- 10.6 Refugees and Supporters: A Complex Relationship -- 10.7 Conclusions and Outlook -- References -- Part V: Restrictive Protest Against Asylum Seekers -- Chapter 11: Mobilization Against Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Germany: A Social Movement Perspective -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Xenophobic Sentiments and Activities in Germany: A Brief Overview -- 11.3 The Profile of the Recent Right-Populist and Right-­Radical Xenophobic Mobilization.

11.3.1 The Four Sections that Make Up the Right-Wing Spectrum -- 11.3.2 The Composition and Structure of Contemporary Right-Wing Groups -- 11.3.3 Performances and Protest Activities -- 11.4 Conditions and Factors for Recent Xenophobic Mobilization -- 11.4.1 Macro-Structural Conditions for Consensus Mobilization -- 11.4.2 Three Undercurrents Fostering Xenophobic Sentiments and Attitudes -- 11.4.3 Political and Discursive Opportunities -- 11.5 Conclusions and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 12: Protest Against the Reception of Asylum Seekers in Austria -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Studying Protest Against Asylum Seekers -- 12.3 Contextual Determinants of Asylum-Center Protest -- 12.3.1 Strong Anti-migration Mobilization -- 12.3.2 Centralized Decision-Making in Reception Policies -- 12.4 Data and Methods -- 12.5 Attributes of Asylum-Center Protest -- 12.5.1 Issue-Specific Features -- 12.5.2 Protest Actors -- 12.5.3 Protest Repertoires -- 12.5.4 Protest Outcomes and Consequences -- 12.6 Framing Strategies -- 12.7 Interpreting Protest Emergence and Success -- 12.7.1 Emergence of Protest -- 12.7.2 Successful Protest Outcomes -- 12.8 Conclusion -- References -- Part VI: Conclusion -- Chapter 13: Protests Revisited: Political Configurations, Political Culture and Protest Impact -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Political Configurations: Convergent Political Dynamics from Above -- 13.3 Repertoires of Protest -- 13.4 Trajectories of Protest and Their Explanations -- 13.5 Refining Patterns to Understand Outcomes -- 13.6 Diffusion in Social Movement Activities -- 13.7 Some Implications of Protest Against Deportations -- 13.8 Outlook -- References -- Glossary: Legal Terminology.

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