Refugees in International Relations
$80.42
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
4 November 2010
Summary
Refugees lie at the heart of world politics. The causes and consequences of, and responses to, human displacement are intertwined with many of the core concerns of International Relations. Yet, scholars of International Relations have generally bypassed the study of refugees, and Forced Migration Studies has generally bypassed insights from International Relations.
This volume therefore represents an attempt to bridge the divide between these disciplines, and to place refugees within …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199595624 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0199595623 |
| Author: | Alexander Betts, Gil Loescher |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 4 November 2010 |
| Weight: | 564g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 162mm x 20mm |
You Can Find This Book In
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Betts and Loescher have done an impressive job in bringing together contributions that demonstrate a wide variety of ways in which forcibly displaced persons can be included as key interests in IR. * Mark F. N. Franke, Journal of Refugee Studies Vol. 25 *
Refugees in International Relations shows that strategic and institutional thinking are essential to understand the causes of forced migration, its consequences, and appropriate policy responses. It has a valuable and important central theme: refugee issues are inherently political. * Robert O. Keohane, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University *
About The Author
Alexander Betts
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. His research focuses on the international politics of migration and refugee protection. His recent books include Protection by Persuasion: International Cooperation in the Refugee Regime (2009), Forced Migration and Global Politics (2009), and UNHCR: the Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection into the Twenty-First Century (with Gil Loescher and James Milner, 2008). He has previously worked for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Gil Loescher is Visiting Professor at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. He was Professor of International Relations at the University of Notre Dame and has held positions at Princeton University, LSE, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, UNHCR, and the Department of Humanitarian Affairs at the US State Department in Washington, D.C. He has published numerous works on refugees, human rights, and conflict and security, most recently including UNHCR in World Politics: A Perilous Path (2001), UNHCR: the Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection into the Twenty-First Century (2008), and Protracted Refugee Situations: Politics, Human Rights and Security Dimensions (2008).
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.