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Zusatztext This book is required reading for anybody who worries about making our world more stable and secure by addressing the plight of 35 million refugees and displaced people. Arthur Helton makes a compelling case that the world can - and must - do a better job of dealing with displaced populations. Klappentext Refugee policy has not kept pace with new realities in international and humanitarian affairs. Recent policy failures have resulted in instability! terrible hardships! and massive loss of life. This book systematically analyzes refugee policy responses over the past decade and calls for specific reforms to make policy more proactive and comprehensive. Refugee policy must be more than the administration of misery. Responses should be calculated to help prevent or mitigate future humanitarian catastrophes. More international cooperation is needed in advance of crises. Humanitarian structures within governments! notably the United States! as well as the wide variety o international institutions involved in humanitarian action must be re-oriented to cope with new challenges. Zusammenfassung Refugee policy has failed frequently over the last decade of the 20th century! resulting in instability! terrible hardships and loss of life. This book offers a systematic review of this state of affairs and attempts to re-design policy to give fresh answers to old problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction 2: Why refugees matter 3: The last decade's refugee story 4: Humanitarian action and new complexities in refugee protection: the former Yugoslavia 5: Surmounting indifference: refugees and the new statecraft 6: Varieties of refugee concerns: the beginnings of a policy tool box 7: Imagining better refugee policy 8: International bureaucracy and the debasement of mercy 9: Reaction and inattention within the US Government 10: Achieving comprehensive and proactive refugee policy Conclusion ...
