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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) : the politics and practice of refugee protection into the 21st century / Gil Loescher, Alexander Betts & James Milner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Loescher, Gil.
- Series:
- Global institutions series ; 62.
- Routledge global institutions series ; 62
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
- Refugees--Government policy.
- Refugees.
- Refugees--International cooperation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Other Title:
- UNHCR
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This revised and expanded second edition of The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) continues to offer a concise and comprehensive introduction to both the world of refugees and the organizations that protect and assist them. This updated edition also includes:up to date coverage of the UNHCR's most recent history and policy developmentsevaluation of new thinking on issues such as working in UN integrated operations and within the UN peacebuilding commission assessment of the UNHCR's record of working for IDP's (internally displaced p
- Contents:
- Cover; UNHCR: The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Foreword to the second edition by the series editors; Foreword: António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The origins of international concern for refugees; 2. UNHCR in the Cold War, 1950-91; 3. UNHCR in the post-Cold War Era; 4. The politics and practice of UNHCR's mandate; 5. UNHCR as a global institution; 6. New challenges; Conclusion: Towards the future; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Rev. and expanded ed. of: UNHCR. 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]-179) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-50907-0
- 1-136-50908-9
- 0-203-14665-4
- 9780203146651
- OCLC:
- 798532916
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