Refugees in international relations / edited by Alexander Betts and Gil Loescher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Betts, Alexander, 1980-

Loescher, Gil.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forced migration--Political aspects.

Forced migration.

Refugees--Political aspects.

Refugees.

Refugees--International cooperation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Summary:

Refugees lie at the heart of world politics. The causes and consequences of, and responses to, human displacement are intertwined with many of the core concerns of International Relations. Yet, scholars of International Relations have generally bypassed the study of refugees, and Forced Migration Studies has generally bypassed insights from International Relations. This volume therefore represents an attempt to bridge the divide between these disciplines, and to place refugeeswithin the mainstream of International Relations. Drawing together the work and ideas of a combination of the world's l

Contents:

Cover; Contents; About the Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. Refugees in International Relations; 2. Realism, Refugees, and Strategies of Humanitarianism; 3. International Cooperation in the Refugee Regime; 4. Refugees, International Society, and Global Order; 5. Humanitarianism, Paternalism, and the UNHCR; 6. Beyond 'Bare Life': Refugees and the 'Right to Have Rights'; 7. The Only Thinkable Figure? Ethical and Normative Approaches to Refugees in International Relations; 8. Feminist Geopolitics Meets Refugee Studies

9. 'Global' Governance of Forced Migration10. Refugees and Military Intervention; 11. UNHCR and the Securitization of Forced Migration; 12. Refugees, Peacebuilding, and the Regional Dynamics of Conflict; 13. Post-conflict Statebuilding and Forced Migration; 14. Forced Migration in the International Political Economy; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-29694-2

9786613296948

0-19-161307-X

OCLC:

756484808