The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection

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Routledge, 17.06.2013 - 226 Seiten

This revised and expanded second edition of The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) continues to offer a concise and comprehensive introduction to both the world of refugees and the organizations that protect and assist them. This updated edition also includes:

  • up to date coverage of the UNHCR’s most recent history and policy developments
  • evaluation of new thinking on issues such as working in UN integrated operations and within the UN peacebuilding commission
  • assessment of the UNHCR’s record of working for IDP’s (internally displaced persons)
  • discussion of the politics of protection and its implications for the work of the UNHCR
  • outline of the new challenges for the agency including environmental refugees, victims of natural disasters and survival migrants.

Written by experts in the field, this is one of the very few books to trace the relationship between state interests, global politics, and the work of the UNHCR. This book will appeal to students, scholars, practitioners, and readers with an interest in international relations.

 

Inhalt

Introduction
1
1 The origins of international concern for refugees
7
2 UNHCR in the Cold War 195091
18
3 UNHCR in the postCold War Era
49
4 The politics and practice of UNHCRs mandate
82
5 UNHCR as a global institution
104
6 New challenges
133
Towards the future
146
Notes
164
Select bibliography
178
Index
180
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): The Politics and ...
Alexander Betts,Gil Loescher,James Milner
Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2013

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Autoren-Profil (2013)

Alexander Betts is University Lecturer in Refugee Studies and Forced Migration at the University of Oxford. He has worked at UNHCR headquarters and is the author of Protection by Persuasion: International Cooperation in the Refugee Regime (2009).

Gil Loescher is Visiting Professor, Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of several books on refugees and international relations, including The UNHCR and World Politics (2001).

Alexander Betts is University Lecturer in Refugee Studies and Forced Migration at the University of Oxford. He has worked at UNHCR headquarters and is the author of Protection by Persuasion: International Cooperation in the Refugee Regime (2009).

Bibliografische Informationen

TitelThe United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection
Global Institutions
AutorenAlexander Betts, Gil Loescher, James Milner
Ausgabe2, illustriert, überarbeitet
VerlagRoutledge, 2013
ISBN1136509089, 9781136509087
Länge226 Seiten
  
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