Failure and Hope - Fighting for the Rights of the Forcibly Displaced

This book documents how global advocacy on behalf of refugees has failed, and proposes a new strategy using social entrepreneurship.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; 1. Failure is the norm; 2. Global attention to displacement crises; 3. Explaining global attention: geopolitics vs advocacy; 4. Frontline advocacy: lobbying for refugee rights at the national level; 5. Frontline advocacy: advocating for rights in displacement camps; 6. Frontline mobilization: advocating for rights in displacement camps; 7. An innovative global campaign of action; 8. Conclusion; References.

About the author

Christine Mahoney is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Politics at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and Director of Social Entrepreneurship at the University of Virginia. She studies social justice advocacy and social innovation. Her book, Brussels versus the Beltway: Advocacy in the United States and the European Union (2008), was the first large-scale comparative study of lobbying in the US and the EU. She has also published in the Journal of Politics and many other publications.

Summary

This book documents how global advocacy on behalf of refugees has failed, through in-depth fieldwork in seven conflict zones and a comprehensive study of advocacy around all 61 refugee crises worldwide. It proposes a new way forward using social entrepreneurship to advance the rights of the forcibly displaced.

Product details

• Authors: Christine Mahoney, Christine (University of Virginia) Mahoney, Mahoney Christine
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781316614983
• ISBN: 978-1-316-61498-3
• No. of pages: 166
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, Political activism, Human rights, civil rights, Refugees and political asylum, Refugees & Political Asylum, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice, Political activism / Political engagement