Catching Fire - Containing Forced Migration in a Volatile World

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Van Hear is a senior researcher at the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford, prior to which he held research positions at the Refugee Studies Centre in Oxford and at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen. Christopher McDowell is a Senior Lecturer in the International Policy Institute at King's College London and Director of the Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees (ICAR). Klappentext Catching Fire provides for the first time an in-depth analysis of political and humanitarian catastrophes in which forced migration characterizes the complexity of both the emergency and the response. The book examines forced migration both within borders and beyond borders, giving attention to the complex combination of circumstances in which refugees often find themselves and the impact of relief programs. Zusammenfassung Provides an in-depth analysis of political and humanitarian catastrophes in which forced migration characterizes the complexity of both the emergency and the response. This book examines forced migration both within borders and beyond borders! giving attention to the complex combination of circumstances in which refugees often find themselves. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Burundi: A Case of Humanitarian Neglect Chapter 3 From Complex Displacement to Fragile Peace in Sri Lanka Chapter 4 Protracted Displacement in Colombia: National and International Responses Chapter 5 Afghanistan's Complex Forced Migration Chapter 6 Georgia's Forced Migrants Chapter 7 Displacement, Return, and Justice in the Creation of Timor Leste Chapter 8 Conclusion: Recasting Societies in Conflict

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Nicholas Mcdowell Van Hear
• Mitarbeit: Nicholas Van Hear (Herausgeber), Christopher McDowell (Herausgeber), McDowell Christopher (Herausgeber), Van Hear Nicholas (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 24.02.2006
• EAN: 9780739109236
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0923-6
• Seiten: 280
• Serie: Program in Migration and Refugee Studies
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, REFERENCE / General, Politics & government, Politics and government, Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects, Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects