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    <title language="eng">Agency in Crisis - How Losing a Sense of Agency Contributed to the Development of Aggressive Attitudes and Behaviors in Refugee Hosting Communities on the Island of Lesvos</title>
    <abstract language="eng">When the local communities of the Greek island of Lesvos first attracted media attention in 2015, locals displayed remarkable hospitality, engaged in acts of globally commended solidarity, and demonstrated unwavering  compassion towards anyone arriving on their shores. However, the island underwent a profound transition when so called "refugee crisis" unfolded, and local communities increasingly resorted to aggression and acts of violence. &#13;
This article puts forward the argument that one central contributing factor in the development of aggressive attitudes and behaviors in the local population of Lesvos, was losing a sense of agency, which occurred when international humanitarian actors arrived on the island to provide much needed relief. &#13;
Combining conceptual frameworks with personal observations made on Lesvos between 2020 and 2021, the article examines the evolving situation on the island through three interconnected sections. Section 2 begins by exploring how local residents initially asserted their agency, drawing on historical migration patterns and highlighting a longstanding link between local identity and solidarity. Building on this foundation, section 3 then applies the frustration-aggression theory to analyze how this sense of agency began to diminish over time, and how its loss contributed to the emergence of increasingly aggressive attitudes and behaviors. This trajectory subsequently leads into section 4, which further describes the consequences of lacking agency, and examines the functions that the acts of violence occurring on the island may have served for those involved. Lastly, the implications of this analysis for actors in the humanitarian fi eld are discussed, and suggestions for further research are made.</abstract>
    <identifier type="urn">urn:nbn:de:bvb:863-opus-58348</identifier>
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    <licence>Creative Commons - CC BY-NC-SA - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell -  Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International</licence>
    <author>Sina Hecker</author>
    <series>
      <title>Perspectives in International Social Work</title>
      <number>4</number>
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      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>Agency</value>
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      <value>crisis</value>
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      <value>refugee</value>
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      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>local communities</value>
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      <language>eng</language>
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      <value>host community</value>
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    <collection role="institutes" number="fas">Fakultät Angewandte Sozialwissenschaften</collection>
    <thesisPublisher>Technische Hochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt</thesisPublisher>
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