Civic Education and Action in the Migration Society : a Study on Voluntary Engagement for and with Refugees in Germany

Kurzfassung/Abstract

The ongoing immigration to Germany of people fleeing their homes since the summer of 2015 has posed challenges to both state institutions and volunteerism and has partly restructured the power and dependency relationships between both. German civil society is characterized by a complex structure of voluntarily engaged private individuals and professionals whose activities are supported by state agencies. To be able to classify the role of civic engagement and volunteering in Germany, it is necessary to gain an understanding of Western European welfare-state policy. Welfare-state concepts of society entrust the state with far-reaching tasks to provide social security for its...