Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

The Politics of Space of Non-Governmental Organizations

  • Wann 28.05.2018 von 18:00 bis 21:00
  • Wo Universitätsstraße 3b; 10117 Berlin; R002
  • Teilnehmer Dr. Johanna Hoerning Prof. Talja Blokland
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Johanna Hoerning, TU Berlin
The Politics of Space of Non-Governmental Organizations

Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
Universitätsstraße 3b
10177 Berlin
6pm Room 002 (Ground Floor)

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The presentation deals with the transformative role of formally organized collective actors for the spatial structuring of housing and refugee politics. Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have been said to undermine the territorial logic of nation states and other state bodies, as well as of international organization, through their action strategies based on exchange and circulation. But not only do the policy areas differ greatly in the extent to which they are applied to and refer to certain scales; it is also the organizations themselves that show varying forms of organization, goals and target publics.