Refugees, Refuge, and Human Displacement

This volume studies the concept of refuge as well as historical forced displacement and statelessness, trying to provide potential lasting solutions to the many problems associated with this situation. It moves from the pressing crisis of refugees to the crisis of humanity that seeks to find refuge.

List of contents

Introduction, Ignacio López-Calvo and Marjorie Agosín; PART ONE HUMANITY AND HUMAN DISPLACEMENTS, Chapter One; Chapter Two; PART TWO SEEKING REFUGE, Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; PART THREE ACTS OF CREATING REFUGE, Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; PART FOUR APPROACHES TO CONSTRUCTING REFUGE, Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven;Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Index

About the author

Marjorie Agosin is a poet and human rights activist with a long career dedicated to the themes of social justice.

Ignacio López-Calvo is UC Merced Presidential Endowed Chair in the humanities and professor of Latin American literature. He is the author of eight monographs.

Summary

This volume studies the concept of refuge as well as historical forced displacement and statelessness, trying to provide potential lasting solutions to the many problems associated with this situation. It moves from the pressing crisis of refugees to the crisis of humanity that seeks to find refuge.

Product details

• Authors: Ignacio Agosin Lopez-Calvo
• Assisted by: Agosin (Editor), Marjorie Agosin (Editor), Ignacio Lopez-Calvo (Editor), López-Calvo (Editor), Ignacio López-Calvo (Editor)
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781839982484
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-248-4
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Anthem Studies in Latin American Literature and Culture; Anthem Studies in Latin Americ
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Social Theory, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, Social and cultural history, Refugees and political asylum, Refugees & Political Asylum, UNHCR; COVID-19 pandemic; non-Western experiences