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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777460103321

Autore

Loescher Gil <1945-2020.>

Titolo

Beyond charity [[electronic resource] ] : international cooperation and the global refugee crisis / / Gil Loescher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993

ISBN

1-280-76086-9

0-19-802434-7

0-19-535607-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Twentieth Century Fund Book

Disciplina

362.878

Soggetti

Refugees

Refugees - Services for

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Twentieth Century Fund book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-249) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: The Global Refugee Crisis; 1. Refugee Movements: Causes and Consequences; 2. The Origins of the International Refugee Regime; 3. The Cold War and the Early Development of the UNHCR; 4. The International Refugee Regime and Third World Refugees; 5. Asylum Crises in the Industrialized World; 6. The Limitations of the International Refugee Regime; 7. Resolving Refugee Problems: Asylum and Development Assistance Policies; 8. Resolving Refugee Problems: Addressing Political Causes; Notes; Recommended Reading and Sources; Index

Sommario/riassunto

With more than 18 million refugees worldwide, the refugee problem has fostered an intense debate regarding what political changes are necessary in the international system to provide effective solutions in the 1990's and beyond. In the past, refugees have been perceived largely as a problem of international charity, but as the end of the Cold War triggers new refugee movements across the globe, governments are being forced to develop a more systematic approach to the refugee problem. Beyond Charity provides the first extensive overview of the world refugee crisis today, asserting that refugees