Arguing and Justifying - Assessing Convention Refugees Choice of Moment, Motive Host Country

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction; Interpreting refugee discourse: from discourse analysis to inter-cultural communication; Claimants from the former Soviet Union: from European standards to the American dream; Claimants from Israel: a threat to the Jewish Identity?; Claimants from Peru: persecution in America and flight to Canada; Claimants from Pakistan: the constraints of state intervention; Conclusion: theorizing the obstacles to female claims; Bibliography; Appendices; Index.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Robert F. Barsky, Professor, Program in Comparative Literature, Department of French & Italian, Vanderbilt University, USA

Zusammenfassung

Addressing the crucial issue of why people choose to make Convention refugee claims, this original book also explores the perceptions claimants have of possible host countries and investigates the view that refugees move on the basis of (generally) extreme levels of persecution.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Robert F. Barsky, Barsky Robert F.
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780367604936
• ISBN: 978-0-367-60493-6
• Seiten: 400
• Serie: Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations Series
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Sozialpädagogik, Soziale Arbeit; Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, LAW / International, LAW / Public, International Law, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Human Geography, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Population and migration geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General