Katharina Crepaz – författare

KatharinaCrepaz investigates how two-dimensional ('top-down' and 'bottom-up')Europeanization processes affect minority communities by using acomparative approach, encompassing cases from both „old"(pre-2004) and „new" EU member-states. The author therebybridges two dichotomies made in the literature so far, and outlineshow Europeanization takes place in non-acquis areas. She does so bylooking at four very different case studies: the German-speakingminority in South Tyrol/Italy, the Bretons in France, the Germanminority in Silesia/Poland, and the Italian minority inIstria/Croatia.

The so-called ‘refugee crisis’ represents one of the biggest contemporary political and social challenges. Although many African countries have been dealing with forced migratory and refugee movements for decades, their experiences have so far largely been neglected in the predominantly Eurocentric public debate. The present volume aims to bridge this gap by providing comparative African and European perspectives from different disciplines, highlighting the challenges but also potential mutual benefits of social diversification, and offering an insight into possible solution strategies.

The so-called ‘refugee crisis’ represents one of the biggest contemporary political and social challenges. Although many African countries have been dealing with forced migratory and refugee movements for decades, their experiences have so far largely been neglected in the predominantly Eurocentric public debate. The present volume aims to bridge this gap by providing comparative African and European perspectives from different disciplines, highlighting the challenges but also potential mutual benefits of social diversification, and offering an insight into possible solution strategies.

European public discourse often frames (forced) migration solely as a security issue and ignores the implications of societal diversity for health, quality-of-life and well-being, in both Africa and Europe. The present volume offers an interdisciplinary and international look at the relationship between refugees, diversity, and health, including health care policies, socio-political framework conditions, environmental factors, the situation in refugee camps, quality-of-life approaches and economical perspectives.