ISBN:
9780816652839
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 253 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
Borderlines Volume 16
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Hyndman, Jennifer Managing displacement
DDC:
362.87/526
Keywords:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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Political refugees
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Humanitarian assistance Political aspects
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Refugee namps
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Refugees International cooperation
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Vertreibung
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Umsiedlung
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Displaced Person
;
Flüchtling
;
Humanitäre Hilfe
;
Flüchtlingslager
;
Soziale Integration
;
Kulturelle Identität
;
Geschlechterrolle
;
Fremdenfeindlichkeit
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Humanitarian assistance ; Political aspects
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
;
Political refugees
;
Refugee namps
;
Refugees ; International cooperation
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Electronic books
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Kenia
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Somalia
;
Flüchtling
;
Humanitäre Hilfe
;
Flüchtlingshilfe
;
Internationale Kooperation
Abstract:
In this analysis of how refugee relief services work in places such as Kenya and Somalia, Hyndman uses unique insider knowledge both to challenge the political and cultural assumptions of current humanitarian practices and to expose the distancing strategies that characterize present operations
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Scripting Humanitarianism: A Geography of ""Refugee"" and the Respatialization of Response; 2. Border Crossings: The Politics of Mobility; 3. Managing Difference: Gender and Culture in Humanitarian Emergencies; 4. In the Field: Camps, Compounds, and Other Spaces; 5. Ordering Disorder: Sitreps, Headcounts, and Other Instruments; 6. Crossing Borders in Theory and Practice; 7. Beyond the Status Quo; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 229-246
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