Dancing with ‘The Other’: Challenges and Opportunities of Deepening Democracy through Participatory Spaces for Refugees

• DOI: 10.17645/si.v6i1.1300
• Publication Date: 2018-03-30T12:27:21Z
• Authors: Maria Charlotte Rast; Halleh Ghorashi
• Keywords: democracy; Integration; integration; Reflection; HM401-1281; power; Deep democracy; Community initiatives; community initiatives; participation; Sociology (General); refugee; Partizipation; Migration, Sociology of Migration; Niederlande; 10. No inequality; Social sciences, sociology, anthropology; Migration; exclusion; Netherlands; kulturelle Vielfalt; Inclusion; Refugees; Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie; 05 social sciences; Exclusion; Flüchtlingspolitik; SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities; community initiatives; deep democracy; exclusion; inclusion; power; reflection; refugees; 16. Peace & justice; 0506 political science; inclusion; Flüchtling; Power; ddc:300; cultural diversity; Demokratie; deep democracy; policy on refugees; reflection

Due to the so-called refugee crisis and Netherlands’ development into a ‘participation society’, reception there has recently shifted its focus early fast participation. In this context, numerous community initiatives have emerged support integration. Compared earlier restrictive approaches, through active engagement of newcomers in seems promise more inclusive approach, deepening democracy. However, such internal external challenges that might inhibit refugees’ participation initiatives’ adoption approaches. qualitative research, we explored opportunities for inclusion refugees initiatives, considering context normalizing exclusive discourses increasingly neoliberal policies on reception.