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The Agendas of Tibetan Refugees: Survival Strategies of a Government-in-Exile in a World of Transnational Organizations
Thomas Kauffmann
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Hardback. Since the arrival of the first Tibetans in exile in 1959, a vast and continuous wave of international support has permitted these refugees to survive and even to flourish in temporary residences. This book shows how Tibetan refugees continue to attract resources, while other refugee populations are largely forgotten. Series: Forced Migration. Num Pages: 248 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; JFFD; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
Since the arrival of the first Tibetans in exile in 1959, a vast and continuous wave of international - especially Western - support has permitted these refugees to survive and even to flourish in their temporary places of residence. Today, these Tibetan refugees continue to attract assistance from Western governments, organizations and individuals, while other refugee populations are largely forgotten in the international agenda. This book shows and discusses how Tibetan refugees continue to attract resources, due, notably, to the dissemination of their political and religious agendas, as well as how a movement of Western supporters, born in very different ... Read more
Since the arrival of the first Tibetans in exile in 1959, a vast and continuous wave of international - especially Western - support has permitted these refugees to survive and even to flourish in their temporary places of residence. Today, these Tibetan refugees continue to attract assistance from Western governments, organizations and individuals, while other refugee populations are largely forgotten in the international agenda. This book shows and discusses how Tibetan refugees continue to attract resources, due, notably, to the dissemination of their political and religious agendas, as well as how a movement of Western supporters, born in very different ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
Series
Forced Migration
Number of Pages
226
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782382829
SKU
V9781782382829
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Thomas Kauffmann
Thomas Kauffmann is the Director of an International NGO.
Reviews for The Agendas of Tibetan Refugees: Survival Strategies of a Government-in-Exile in a World of Transnational Organizations
Kauffmann has made an important contribution to scholarship on the transnational sphere of international development as it concerns Tibetans. This book, which aims to give readers the Tibetan perspective on the phenomenon, is an essential update to previous works on the subject.
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