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The eBook editions of this book are available as open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Sciences Po. The Arab region has played an oversized role in hosting refugees. Yet a paucity of literature exists on how the region has contributed to shaping the international refugee regime. This anthology presents the first comprehensive study of how Arab states interact with the international refugee regime. It offers a multidisciplinary perspective bringing together historical, political, legal, sociological, and anthropological approaches. Through a wide range of case studies, the anthology explores how Arab states have created norms and practices of refugee governance beyond - and not necessarily aligned with - international refugee law. It also analyses how Arab states have negotiated and contested international agreements and processes. In doing so, the book ''de-exceptionalizes'' the Arab region, positioning states and societies as norm shapers with an impact on global politics beyond the Arab world.
List of contents
Foreword,
James C. HathawayRefugee Governance in the Arab World: The International Refugee Regime and Global Politics: An Introduction,
Tamirace Fakhoury and Dawn ChattyPart I: Refugee Hosting Imaginaries and their ReproductionChapter 1: The Genealogy of a Political Concept: 'Refugee' or the Europeanisation of the World-System,
Matthieu ReyChapter 2, Continental Containment: Crafting Arab Middle East "Host States",
Are John KnudsenPart II: How Do Arab States Shape and Interact with the International Refugee Regime?Chapter 3: Refugees and Arab States: The New Norm-al?,
Dallal StevensChapter 4: Lebanon and the Establishment of International Refugee Law,
Maja JanmyrChapter 5: Maghreb States in the International Refugee Regime: Between Strategic Alignment, Alternative Pathways, and Confrontations,
Katharina Natter and Lea Müller-FunkChapter 6: The Refugee Rentier State and Norm Manipulation in the Arab World,
Gerasimos TsourapasChapter 7: The Irreducibility of Refugee Governance in the MENA Region,
Jean-Pierre CassarinoChapter 8: Juxtaposing Policy and Practice: An Analysis of 'Local Integration' in MENA Host States,
Rawan ArarPart III: Making Sense of Norm Entanglements: Refugees' Everyday LivesChapter 9: Bread, Salt, and Book-Keeping - The Shaweesh as the Interface between Syrian Refugees and the Humanitarian System in Lebanon,
Ann-Christin Zuntz, Mackenzie Klema, Shaher Abdullateef, Esraa Almashhor, Salim Faisal Alnabolsi, Sinem Sefa Akay, Bürge Akbulut, Selin Ayaes, Ertan Karabiyik and Lisa BodenChapter 10: Landlord-Shaweesh Power-Nexus and Repercussions on Syrian Refugees' Coping Mechanisms and 'Waiting' Modalities: Informal Tented Settlements along the Lebanese Syrian Borderscape in Beqaa Governorate
, Paul MoawadConclusion,
Tamirace Fakhoury
About the author
Tamirace Fakhoury is Associate Professor of International Politics and Conflict at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, US. She is also the former visiting Kuwait Chair at Sciences Po in Paris. Tamirace has widely published on refugee and migration policy, and power-sharing in post-war societies.Dawn Chatty is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Forced Migration and Emeritus Fellow of St Cross College at the University of Oxford, UK. She is a Fellow of the British Academy. Her books include Syria: The Making and Unmaking of a Refuge State (2018) and Displacement and Dispossession in the Modern Middle East (2010).
