Forced Migration and Global Politics

Alexander Betts is Hedley Bull Research Fellow in International Relations at the University of Oxford, where he is also Director of the MacArthur Foundation-funded Global Migration Governance Project. He has written extensively on the international politics of refugee protection and migration, most recently co-authoring UNHCR: The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection into the Twenty-First Century with Gil Loescher and James Milner (2008).

“It is a superb example of academic erudition at its best. For several decades, students have trawled through international relations theories but how many have applied them to such pressing contemporary global issues? For teachers of forced migration studies, this will be an invaluable resource. Forced Migration and Global Politics should be required reading for undergraduates and postgraduates alike.”  (Journal of Intercultural Studies, 21 February 2013)

• Acknowledgments Introduction1. International Relations Theories2. Sovereignty and the State System3. Security4. International Cooperation5. Global Governance6. North–South Relations and the International Political Economy7. Globalization8. RegionalismBibliographyIndex