Global Changes in Asylum Regimes

This book examines convergent trends in asylum regimes around the world. It covers the main regions of the world where asylum is a critical problem: Europe, Africa and Central America. It also looks at the major issues: human rights; non-governmental organisation involvement; gender; return; comprehensive policy; European Union harmonisation; international intervention and temporary protection.

Table des matières

Introduction; D.Joly Certain Violence, Uncertain Protection: M.Gibney New Asylum Regimes or a World Without Asylum? The Myth of International Protection; L.Gentile Temporary Protection and the Bosnian Crisis: A Cornerstone of the New European Regime; D.Joly Lessons from the Kosovo Refugee Crisis: Innovations in Protection and Burden-Sharing; M.Barutciski and A.Suhrke Asylum in Europe: Underpinning Parameters; D.de Jong Return, Human Rights and International Involvement: Refugees as Social and Political Actors, The Guatemalan Case; H.Estrada-Soberanis Refugee Women: a Gendered and Political Analysis of the Refugee Experience; A.Calamard Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: Africa's Liability for the Next Millennium; J.O.Oucho What was Refugee Status? Legislating the Changing Practice of Refugee Law; R.Preston Human Rights Organisations and the Formation of Refugee Regimes; M.Kjaerum

A propos de l'auteur

MICHAEL BARUTCISKI, Barreau du Québec, Canada
AGNÈS CALLAMARD, Head of the Office of the Secretary General, Amnesty International, UK
CORNELIS D. DE JONG, Co-Ordinator, Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity II, Ministry of Justice, Netherlands
LOUIS GENTILE, Refugee Law Training Officer, UNHCR, UK
MARK GIBNEY, Belk Distinguished Professor, University of North Caroline-Ashville, USA
MORTEN KJAERUM, Director, Danish Centre for Human Rights, Denmark
JOHN O. OUCHO, Professor of Population and Sustainable Development, University of Botswana
ROSEMARY PRESTON, Director, International Centre for Education in Development, Department of Continuing Education, University of Warwick, UK
HUBERTO ESTRADA-SOVERANIS, Human and Indigenous Rights Lawyer, Guatemala
ASTRI SUHRKE, Senior Research Fellow, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway

Résumé

This book examines convergent trends in asylum regimes around the world. It covers the main regions of the world where asylum is a critical problem: Europe, Africa and Central America. It also looks at the major issues: human rights; non-governmental organisation involvement; international intervention and temporary protection.

Texte suppl.

'this is an excellent collection of bite-sized, interesting and well researched pieces...' - Emma Haddad, Nations and Nationalism - Volume 10 Part 4

Commentaire

'this is an excellent collection of bite-sized, interesting and well researched pieces...' - Emma Haddad, Nations and Nationalism - Volume 10 Part 4

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: D. Joly
• Collaboration: Joly (Editeur), D Joly (Editeur), D. Joly (Editeur), Dani Le Joly (Editeur), Dania]le Joly (Editeur), Daniele Joly (Editeur)
• Edition: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.01.2002
• EAN: 9780333913208
• ISBN: 978-0-333-91320-8
• Pages: 224
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 18 mm x 216 mm
• Poids: 425 g
• Illustrations: XII, 224 p.
• Thèmes: Migration, Minorities and Citizenship; Studies on the Chinese Economy; Migration, Minorities and Citi; Migration, Minorities and Citi; Migration, Minorities and Citizenship
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Sociologie politique; Migration, B, Ethnic Studies, Welfare State, Human Rights, Political Science, International Relations, Welfare, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Migration, immigration & emigration, auseinandersetzen, Ethnicity, Social Justice, Emigration and immigration, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Ethnicity Studies, Race and Ethnicity Studies, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Politics of the Welfare State, Human Migration