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Relocation failures in Sri Lanka : a short history of internal displacement and resettlement / Robert Muggah.
Van Pelt Library HV640.4.S72 M84 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Muggah, Robert.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Internally displaced persons--Sri Lanka.
- Internally displaced persons.
- Internally displaced persons--Sri Lanka--Social conditions.
- Economic development projects--Social aspects--Sri Lanka.
- Economic development projects.
- Economic development projects--Environmental aspects--Sri Lanka.
- Humanitarian assistance--Sri Lanka.
- Humanitarian assistance.
- Humanitarian intervention--Sri Lanka.
- Humanitarian intervention.
- Economic development projects--Environmental aspects.
- Economic development projects--Social aspects.
- Social conditions.
- Sri Lanka.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
- Summary:
- Each year, millions of people are internally displaced and resettled in the wake of wars and floods or to make way for large-scale development projects, and this number is increasing. Humanitarian and development specialists continue to struggle with designing and executing effective protection strategies and durable solutions. Relocation Failures explains how internal displacement and efforts to engineer resettlement are conceived and practiced by policy makers and practitioners. The author argues that policies for internally displaced peoples are weak and diluted by narrow interpretations of state sovereignty and collective action dilemmas, and in the case of Sri Lanka, unintentionally intensified ethnic segregation and ultimately war. This unique new book considers the origins and parameters of internal displacement and resettlement policy and practice and proposes an explanation for why it often fails. In highlighting the ways that development assistance can exacerbate smoldering conflicts, the volume provides an important caution to the aid community.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [272]-312) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1848130457
- 9781848130456
- 1848130465
- 9781848130463
- OCLC:
- 294998586
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