Refugees and the Transformation of Societies

Agency, Policies, Ethics and Politics

248 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The refusal or reception of refugees has had serious implications for the social policies and social realities of numerous countries in east and west. Exploring experiences, interpretations and practices of 'refugees,' 'the internally displaced' and 'returnees' in or emerging from societies in violent conflict, this volume challenges prevailing orthodoxies and encourages new developments in refugee studies. It also addresses the ethics and politics of interventions by professionals and policy makers, using case studies of refugees from or in South Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, Europe and the Americas. These illustrate the dynamic nature of situations where refugees, policy- makers and practitioners interact in trying to construct new livelihoods in transforming societies. Without a proper understanding of this dynamic nature, so the volume argues overall, it is not possible to develop successful strategies for the accommodation and integration of refugees.

• Reihe: Forced Migration
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Soziale und ethische Themen Migration, Einwanderung und Auswanderung
• ISBN: 9781571818669
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 03.06.2004
• Größe: 240 x 161 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Herausgegeben von: Philomena Essed, Joke Schrijvers, Georg Frerks