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Against the Odds: On the Arduous Production of Linking Social Capital in Local Refugee Reception

Clara van den Berg et al.

Administration and Society2025https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997251314509article
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Abstract

This article scrutinizes linking social capital formation between informal civil society and local administrations during and after the 2015 European refugee reception crisis. Drawing from 61 semi-structured interviews with members of civil society organizations and local administrations in two German cities, this study documents that the production of linking social capital is by no means guaranteed. Structural power asymmetries and different logics of action between volunteers and local administrative officials regularly create tensions that can serve as relational breaking points. Accepting these inherent tensions and creating platforms to work things out against the odds are essential to produce trustful and responsive relationships.

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@article{clara2025,
  title        = {{Against the Odds: On the Arduous Production of Linking Social Capital in Local Refugee Reception}},
  author       = {Clara van den Berg et al.},
  journal      = {Administration and Society},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997251314509},
}

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Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.25 × 0.4 = 0.10
M · momentum0.55 × 0.15 = 0.08
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
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