Free World? - The Campaign to Save the World''s Refugees, 1956-1963

Informationen zum Autor Peter Gatrell is Professor of Economic History at the University of Manchester. His previous publications include Homelands: War, Population and Statehood in Eastern Europe and Russia, 1918–1924 (co-edited, 2004), and Warlands: Population Resettlement and State Reconstruction in the Soviet-East European Borderlands, 1945–1950 (co-edited, 2008). Klappentext Free World? is a major contribution to the transnational history of humanitarianism in the postwar world. Peter Gatrell shows how and why the UN, NGOs, governments and individuals embarked on a unique campaign, World Refugee Year (1959-60), in response to global refugee crises, particularly in Europe, the Middle East and the Far East. Adopted by nearly one hundred countries, the campaign galvanised public opinion and raised money by enlisting celebrities, using the mass media, and recreating 'refugee camps' in the affluent West. Free World? assesses the causes and consequences of the refugee crises, locates the campaign in the broader geopolitical context of the Cold War and decolonisation and shows how it helped to inspire subsequent campaigns such as Amnesty International and Freedom from Hunger. Ultimately, the book asks how those who are in a more privileged position might better reflect on their responsibilities towards refugees in the modern world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Free World?; 2. Sites of confrontation, crucibles of displacement: towards World Refugee Year; 3. World Refugee Year: the politics of a global campaign; 4. World Refugee Year presences and absences; 5. Bricks or dynamite? Achievements, disappointments, opportunities; Conclusion. Global politics, humanitarianism and refugees in the modern era.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Gatrell, Peter (University of Manchester) Gatrell, Gatrell Peter
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.2016
• EAN: 9780521174817
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17481-7
• No. of pages: 278
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, International Relations, c 1960 to c 1970, Aid & relief programmes, c 1950 to c 1959, c 1960 to c 1969, Refugees and political asylum, C 1945 To C 1960, Refugees & Political Asylum, Famine, Aid and relief programmes, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)