This work shows how, during the 20th century, the perspective on victims of trauma shifted from suspicion to recognition. From these ethnographical fieldworks, the authors thus propose a broader perspective on the political and moral issues of contemporary societies.
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This work shows how, during the 20th century, the perspective on victims of trauma shifted from suspicion to recognition. From these ethnographical fieldworks, the authors thus propose a broader perspective on the political and moral issues of contemporary societies.
This book inquires the determinants of forced migration, describes the distribution of burdens from forced migration across countries, and analyzes the strategic interaction of national refugee policies to control refugee flows. Emphasis is put on the role of asymmetries between…
This text explores the determinants of forced migration and its political implications from an economic perspective. It describes the distribution of burdens from forced migration across countries, and analyzes the strategic interaction of national refugee policies to control re…
Forced migration, human rights and security
by McAdam, Jane
fromStudies in international law
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Type: Book
This book explores the rearrangement of political borders after the Second World War in the Mediterranean region. The work highlighting this new political configuration emphasizes Istrian exodus. The study also talks of the migration of same 350,000 ethnic Italians, Slovens and …
Although forced migration is not new in human history it has become, in our time, one of the world's major problems. In the last few decades, armed conflict and political unrest have created vast numbers of asylum seekers, refugees and displaced persons. This has led, in turn to…
"This book is relevant to all those working with refugees and displaced persons across the mental health disciplines of psychiatry, psychology, and social work, as well as to policy makers and students in these areas."--Jacket.
Using comparative cases from Guinea, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, this study explains why some refugee-hosting communities launch large-scale attacks on civilian refugees whereas others refrain from such attacks even when encouraged to do so by state officials. …
"Is 'development' passe? Is it merely a by-product or a 'trickle down' effect of economic growth, spurred by globalisation? Will poverty simply diminish with increased global markets? This state-of-the-art critical 'development' reader deals with these and related questions. Glo…
