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Refugees And The Transformation Of Societies : Agency, Policies, Ethics and Politics
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Essed, Philomena, 1955-
- Series:
- Forced Migration
- Forced Migration ; v.6
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (248 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2005.
- Summary:
- The refusal or reception of refugees has had serious implications for the social policies and social realities of numerous countries in east and west. Exploring experiences, interpretations and practices of 'refugees,' 'the internally displaced' and 'returnees' in or emerging from societies in violent conflict, this volume challenges prevailing orthodoxies and encourages new developments in refugee studies. It also addresses the ethics and politics of interventions by professionals and policy makers, using case studies of refugees from or in South Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, Europe
- Contents:
- Refugees and the Transformation of Societies; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Refugees, Agency and Social Transformation; Part I: 'Refugeehood': Claiming Spaces and Responsibilities; Chapter 1. Refugeehood, Loss and Social Change; Chapter 2. Repatriation: Angolan Refugees or Migrating Villagers?; Chapter 3. Space and Movement in the Sri Lankan Conflict; Chapter 4. Contested Refugee Status; Part II: Redefining Identities and Social Relationships; Chapter 5. A Life Project out of Turmoil; Chapter 6. Permanent Refugees: Female Camp Inhabitants in Bihar
- Chapter 7. New OpportunitiesChapter 8. Identities and the Sense of Belonging; Part III: Discouraging Policies; Empowering Agency; Chapter 9. A Community Empowered? The Bosnia Project in the U.K.; Chapter 10. Refugee-generated Return; Chapter 11. Between Victim and Agent; Part IV: Challenging Dichotomies: Relief versus Development; Chapter 12. Refugees between Relief and Development; Chapter 13. Rethinking the Relation between Relief and Development; Chapter 14. Dilemmas of Humanitarian Aid; Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9780857457080
- 085745708X
- OCLC:
- 878132510
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