ISBN:
9781137557216
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (203 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version The Lhotsampa People of Bhutan : Resilience and Survival
DDC:
305.8914/9505498
Keywords:
Asia-Politics and government
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"This book provides insight into one of the world's quietest human rights abuses. In the 1890's the government of Bhutan allowed many ethnic Nepalese people into the country to clear Bhutanese jungles in the south of the country. Barely a century later, the Lhotshampa, meaning people who lived in the South, constituted 45% of the country's population. They lived as an agrarian community, and their position as food suppliers for Bhutan helped them to achieve educational, economic, and political success. With this rise in prosperity, the Bhutenese Drukpa government enacted a number of policies in the 1980s and 1990s designed to expel the Lhotshampa people. For over two decades, more than 100,000 Lhotshampa lived in refugee camps in Nepal, yet the global community remained largely ignorant. The Lhotshampa demonstrated extraordinary handling of adversity through spiritual meaning making, and this book is a testimony to their survival and the resilience that allowed them to build new lives against heavy odds. "--
Abstract:
""This book provides insight into one of the world's quietest human rights abuses. The story of the Lhotsampa of Bhutan describes their journey of coping and resilience, incorporating qualitative research undertaken in the refugee camps in Nepal and resettlement areas in Australia and elsewhere in the world"--Provided by publisher"--
Abstract:
This book provides insight into one of the world's quietest human rights abuses. The story of the Lhotsampa people of Bhutan describes their journey of coping and resilience, incorporating qualitative research undertaken in the refugee camps in Nepal and resettlement areas in Australia and elsewhere in the world
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; The Lhotsampa People of Bhutan; Contents; List of Illustrations; Tables; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1: Who Are the Lhotsampa? What Caused Their Flight from Bhutan?; Settling Down in the South; Changing Policies; Lhotsampa Opposition and Its Fallout; Lack of International Response; References; 2: Around the Period of Crisis; The Turning Point; Impact on Women; Spouse Selection; The Security Forces' Brutality; Nepal's Response; The International Community; References; 3: Life in Refugee Camps; Personal accounts; The Governance in Camps; Learning to Muddle Through; Note
Description / Table of Contents:
References4: "Human Rights and Inhuman Wrongs": The Year 1990 in Review; People's Stories; Women and Girls as Primary Targets; Bhutan Law; The Petition; Discussion; References; 5: Settling in Australia; The Elderly Bhutanese; The Younger Bhutanese; The settlement in Sydney; Issues and Concerns; The Volunteers; Successful Settlement; Community Organization; References; 6: Resettlement Perspectives of Bhutanese Refugees: A Place Called Home with a Future; Bilateral Talks: The Genesis of Hopelessness?; Third-Country Resettlement; Our Dilemmas; Male-Dominated Decision-Making
Description / Table of Contents:
Our Dreams in Third CountriesFor the Future of Our Children; The Future "Home"; Discussion; References; 7: Spirituality, Coping, and Resilience of the Lhotsampa; The Methodology; What Does It Mean to Cope, to Build Resilience?; Spirituality is a Core Component of Human Existence; Spirituality Functions as a Source of Social Capital and as a Support Resource; Spirituality is a Set of Rules or Guidelines for the Way in Which an Individual Lives; Spirituality Involves a Higher Being from Whom Strength Can Be Gained through Belief; Discussion; The Implications for Helping Professions
Description / Table of Contents:
Cultural CompetenceThe Western Lens of Social Work; Challenges for a Spiritual Framework; A New Approach-the Strengths Perspective; Notes; References; 8: Beyond Cultural Competence: Working Across Cultures in a Globalized World; Culture and Globalization; Working Across Cultures: Cultural Competence; Working Across Cultures: Cultural Safety; Toward a New Approach for Working Across Cultures; Discussion; References; 9: Settlement Planning for Refugees: Australia and the United States; Resettlement Planning in Australia; Other Resettlement Countries; Multiculturalism versus Integration
Description / Table of Contents:
Rural Versus Urban SettlementSecondary Migration; Psychosocial Health and Well-Being; The Implications for Social Work and Culturally Competent Practice; Note; References; The Concluding Theme: Survival and Resilience Through Spirituality; A Gendered Perspective; Resilience through Spirituality; Pre-resettlement variables; Post-resettlement variables; References; Notes on Contributors; Index
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