Refuge and Resistance - Palestinians and the International Refugee System

This book is a groundbreaking international history of Palestinian refugee politics. Anne Irfan demonstrates that refugee groups are important actors in global politics, not simply aid recipients, and recasts modern Palestinian history through the lens of refugee camps and communities.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Note on Transliteration and Translation
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. Remaking Refugeehood
1. Becoming Refugees
2. From Refuge to Revolution
3. An International Regime
Part II. Resisting the Regime
4. Palestinian Perceptions
5. Agents of the Nation
6. Palestine at the UN
Epilogue: Resistance After Revolution
Appendix A: Palestinian Refugee Figures
Appendix B: Palestinian Refugee Camps
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Anne Irfan is lecturer in interdisciplinary race, gender, and postcolonial studies at University College London.

Summary

This book is a groundbreaking international history of Palestinian refugee politics. Anne Irfan demonstrates that refugee groups are important actors in global politics, not simply aid recipients, and recasts modern Palestinian history through the lens of refugee camps and communities.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Irfan
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.07.2023
• EAN: 9780231202855
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20285-5
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Israel, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), 20th Century, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Social and cultural history, Middle Eastern history, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, Refugees and political asylum, Refugees & Political Asylum, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, history; political science