Forced Migration

An Integrative Perspective for the 21st Century

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

Building on existing debates in international organizations, policy and academia, this insightful book argues for a broader transnational perspective on the concept of forced migration and its multiple contexts and catalysts. It analyzes the different social groups of forced migrants, treating them neither as passive victims nor as activist heroes, but as social actors under highly constrained conditions.Using an interdisciplinary, longitudinal approach to forced migration as a social practice, Ludger Pries and Rafael Bohlen show the multiple causes of the issue, and how the responsibility for refugee protection is usually externalized. They present a fresh life-course perspective on forced migration, exploring the everyday lives and social spaces of those who live with the protracted uncertainty of livelihoods and belonging that it generates. Finally, the book explores a wide range of possible responses to the challenges of forced migration at the policy, organizational, and civil society levels.Forced Migration is a fascinating and essential reading for social scientists studying and researching migration studies, forced displacement, and human rights. It will also appeal to practitioners, activists and politicians involved in refugee response and state policy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-07-12
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781035310302

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Mer om författaren

Ludger Pries, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Faculty of Social Science, Ruhr-University Bochum and Rafael Bohlen, PhD Candidate, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, Fellow,Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF) and Fulbright Alumni

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‘Forced Migration is a relatively concise publication (185pp) written by two academics with extensive experience of, and an infectious interest in, migration issues. I refer to “academics” and “interest’” because this is not a practitioner’s handbook or reference work to be taken off the shelf from time to time. Rather, for those with a fascination for the subject, this is a book to be read from beginning to end. [...] This book is relevant beyond academia, and is well-resourced and well-referenced throughout. It rewards the reader with a wealth of information and a real appreciation of the complexities of a subject of global importance in the 21st century. The Israeli-Palestine crisis, Sudan and the fall of the Assad regime, among others, assure us that the importance of this subject will not go away.’

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsPreface 1 Introduction to Forced Migration: it is time for a widerperspective2 The multiple causing contexts of forced migration3 Who is affected by forced migration?4 Forced migrants as agents in transnational spaces5 Ambiguities of time and space in forced migration6 States and international organizations between humanrights and NIMBY7 Non-state collective actors and civil societyBibliographyIndex