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Oxana Shevel - Migration, Refugee Policy, and State Building in Postcommunist Europe, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

Migration, Refugee Policy, and State Building in Postcommunist Europe

Av Oxana Shevel

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Beskrivning
Why do similar postcommunist states respond differently to refugees? Why do some states privilege certain refugee groups, while other states do not? This book presents a theory to account for this puzzle, and it centers on the role of the politics of nation-building and of the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). A key finding of the book is that when the boundaries of a nation are contested (and thus there is no consensus on which group should receive preferential treatment in state policies), a political space for a receptive and nondiscriminatory refugee policy opens up. The book speaks to the broader questions of how nationalism matters after communism and under what conditions and through what mechanisms international actors can influence domestic polices. The analysis is based on extensive primary research the author conducted in four languages in the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia and Ukraine.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2011-10-24
  • Mått: 156 x 234 x 21 mm
  • Vikt: 650 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 304
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9780521764797
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Oxana Shevel is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Tufts University. She is an associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University. She is also a member of the Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS) and of the EUDO Citizenship expert group as a country expert on Ukraine. Her research focuses on comparative politics of the postcommunist region, especially on issues of nation- and state-building, the politics of citizenship and migration and the influence of international institutions on domestic politics. Her work has appeared in Comparative Politics, East European Politics and Societies, Europe-Asia Studies and Slavic Review.

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“This nuanced account of immigration policy in Eastern Europe shows how crucibles of nationalism can, in the presence of vigorous political contestation, produce liberal and inclusive policies. Shevel’s meticulously researched analysis will be of interest to students and scholars of Eastern Europe and should attract the attention of policymakers and participants in debates about immigration on both sides of the Atlantic.” – Jessica Pisano, University of Ottawa

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