The point of no return : refugees, rights, and repatriation / Katy Long.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Long, Katy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees.

Repatriation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'The Point of No Return' explores the politics that surround refugees' return 'home'. It combines political theory historical research, and grassroots fieldwork in Latin America and Africa to present a comprehensive picture of refugee repatriation through the 20th-century.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Refugees and Citizens; 1. Repatriation, Refugees, and Returning Home; 2. Patria, Protection, and the Social Contract; 3. Repatriation: A Historical Perspective; 4. Repatriation after 1955: New Settings, Same Questions; 5. Voluntary Repatriation after 1992: Continuing Crises; 6. Repatriation in the Twenty-First Century: Learning History's Lessons?; 7. The Ethics of Voluntary Repatriation; 8. Repatriation as Reconciliation: The Community Dynamics of Return; 9. Repatriation without Return?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G

HI; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed September 3, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-165422-1

1-299-80710-0

OCLC:

859650619