Rebecca Roberts is a research fellow at the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies (CPRS) at Coventry University. Previously she has worked as a consultant in post-war recovery and international development, and has conducted field research in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Lebanon and Sudan. She has managed projects for the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Oslo, and the Small Arms Survey, Geneva. She holds a PhD in Post-war Recovery from the Post-war Reconstruction & Development Unit (PRDU) at the University of York, and has degrees in Arabic with Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies from the Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Durham.

• AcknowledgementsGlossary1 Introduction: Palestininan Refugess in Lebanon2 Political and legal refugee frameworks3 Assistance to Refugees: dilemmas and anomalies4 The Palestinians in Lebanon: an uneasy refugee-host relationship5 Long-term Refugee Camps6 The Coping Mechanisms of Protracted Refugees7 Factors Influencing Coping Mechanisms: the implications for assistance to protracted refugees8 Conclusion: Palestinians as Protracted Refugees BibliographyIndex

Rebecca Roberts is a research fellow at the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies (CPRS) at Coventry University. Previously she has worked as a consultant in post-war recovery and international development, and has conducted field research in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Lebanon and Sudan. She has managed projects for the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Oslo, and the Small Arms Survey, Geneva. She holds a PhD in Post-war Recovery from the Post-war Reconstruction & Development Unit (PRDU) at the University of York, and has degrees in Arabic with Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies from the Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Durham.

• AcknowledgementsGlossary1 Introduction: Palestininan Refugess in Lebanon2 Political and legal refugee frameworks3 Assistance to Refugees: dilemmas and anomalies4 The Palestinians in Lebanon: an uneasy refugee-host relationship5 Long-term Refugee Camps6 The Coping Mechanisms of Protracted Refugees7 Factors Influencing Coping Mechanisms: the implications for assistance to protracted refugees8 Conclusion: Palestinians as Protracted Refugees BibliographyIndex

Rebecca Roberts is a research fellow at the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies (CPRS) at Coventry University. Previously she has worked as a consultant in post-war recovery and international development, and has conducted field research in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Lebanon and Sudan. She has managed projects for the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Oslo, and the Small Arms Survey, Geneva. She holds a PhD in Post-war Recovery from the Post-war Reconstruction & Development Unit (PRDU) at the University of York, and has degrees in Arabic with Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies from the Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Durham.

• AcknowledgementsGlossary1 Introduction: Palestininan Refugess in Lebanon2 Political and legal refugee frameworks3 Assistance to Refugees: dilemmas and anomalies4 The Palestinians in Lebanon: an uneasy refugee-host relationship5 Long-term Refugee Camps6 The Coping Mechanisms of Protracted Refugees7 Factors Influencing Coping Mechanisms: the implications for assistance to protracted refugees8 Conclusion: Palestinians as Protracted Refugees BibliographyIndex