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Survival Migration: Failed Governance and the Crisis of Displacement
Alexander Betts
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Description for Survival Migration: Failed Governance and the Crisis of Displacement
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, maps. BIC Classification: JFFD; JFFN; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
International treaties, conventions, and organizations to protect refugees were established in the aftermath of World War II to protect people escaping targeted persecution by their own governments. However, the nature of cross-border displacement has transformed dramatically since then. Such threats as environmental change, food insecurity, and generalized violence force massive numbers of people to flee states that are unable or unwilling to ensure their basic rights, as do conditions in failed and fragile states that make possible human rights deprivations. Because these reasons do not meet the legal understanding of persecution, the victims of these circumstances are not usually recognized ... Read more
International treaties, conventions, and organizations to protect refugees were established in the aftermath of World War II to protect people escaping targeted persecution by their own governments. However, the nature of cross-border displacement has transformed dramatically since then. Such threats as environmental change, food insecurity, and generalized violence force massive numbers of people to flee states that are unable or unwilling to ensure their basic rights, as do conditions in failed and fragile states that make possible human rights deprivations. Because these reasons do not meet the legal understanding of persecution, the victims of these circumstances are not usually recognized ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
373g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801477775
SKU
V9780801477775
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About Alexander Betts
Alexander Betts is University Lecturer at the University of Oxford. He is the author of Protection by Persuasion: International Cooperation in the Refugee Regime, Survival Migration: Failed Governance and the Crisis of Displacement (both from Cornell), and Forced Migration and Global Politics, coauthor of UNHCR: The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection, editor of Global Migration Governance, and coeditor of ... Read more
Reviews for Survival Migration: Failed Governance and the Crisis of Displacement
Survival Migration is a very thoughtful and thought-provoking book providing critical guidance on how to enhance a refugee regime under attack. Alexander Betts makes a convincing case for prioritizing a focus on better implementation and stronger domestic institutions rather than new international law to address new causes of flight. -Walter Kaelin, Former UN Secretary-General's Special Representative on the Human Rights ... Read more