Believing in Light after Darkness - Displacement and Refugee Resettlement

War, persecution, and climate change force people from their homes and across borders. Most refugees remain in difficult conditions in neighboring countries. The less than one percent of refugees offered resettlement to another country gain access to an alternative path forward with specialized supports and services traditionally understood as a program of integration and a solution to displacement.

By examining the complexities of refugees' lived experiences, Molly Fee's deeply humanistic ethnography reframes resettlement as a period of disruption and disorientation as newly arrived refugees navigate the rules and expectations of a new country. Rather than a solution that marks the end of displacement, resettlement becomes another uprooting for refugees who have already rebuilt their lives numerous times. Believing in Light after Darkness reveals how humanitarian solutions do not immediately resolve the conditions of displacement.

About the author

Molly Fee is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at the University of South Florida.

Product details

• Authors: Molly Fee
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 13.02.2026
• EAN: 9780520416307
• ISBN: 978-0-520-41630-7
• No. of pages: 315
• Illustrations: 2 b-w illustrations, 8 tables
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Refugees and political asylum, Refugees & Political Asylum