The Courage for Civil Repair: Narrating the Righteous in International Migration (Cultural Sociology)

This original, scholarly collection of essays investigates the intersections of large-scale international migration and solidarity-building. Unpacking how civil courage occurs, under what forms, and what sustains it, Carlo Tognato, Bernadette Nadya Jaworsky, and Jeffrey C. Alexander bring together authors to explore a new theory of the exemplary individual or collective in the recent age of “migration crises”―actors who stand against injuries or injustices toward migrants, even when it is costly or risky in a context of hostility or indifference. A resource for those interested in the triggers and safeguards of democracy and civil society, and for scholars and practitioners alike, this volume offers empirical case studies from the US, Europe, Australia, and Latin America of cross-group solidarity efforts. 

Carlo Tognato is Visiting Scholar the Center for the Study of Social Change, Institutions and Policy at the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, USA.

Bernadette Nadya Jaworsky is Associate Professor of Sociology at Masaryk University, Czech Republic.

Jeffrey C. Alexander is Lillian Chavenson Saden Professor of Sociology at Yale University, USA, and the founder and co-director of Yale’s Center for Cultural Sociology.