1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457686903321

Autore

Betts Alexander <1980-, >

Titolo

UNHCR : the politics and practice of refugee protection / / Alexander Betts, Gil Loescher and James Milner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-50908-9

0-203-14665-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Routledge global institutions series ; ; 62

Altri autori (Persone)

LoescherGil

MilnerJames (James H. S.)

Disciplina

362.87/56

Soggetti

Refugees - Government policy

Refugees - International cooperation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. and expanded edition of: UNHCR. 2008.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]-179) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; UNHCR: The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Foreword to the second edition by the series editors; Foreword: António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The origins of international concern for refugees; 2. UNHCR in the Cold War, 1950-91; 3. UNHCR in the post-Cold War Era; 4. The politics and practice of UNHCR's mandate; 5. UNHCR as a global institution; 6. New challenges; Conclusion: Towards the future; Notes; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This revised and expanded second edition of The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) continues to offer a concise and comprehensive introduction to both the world of refugees and the organizations that protect and assist them. This updated edition also includes:up to date coverage of the UNHCR's most recent history and policy developmentsevaluation of new thinking on issues such as working in UN integrated operations and within the UN peacebuilding commission assessment of the UNHCR's record of working for IDP's (internally displaced p



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792012703321

Autore

Ferry Elizabeth Emma

Titolo

Minerals, collecting, and value across the U.S.-Mexico border [[electronic resource] /] / Elizabeth Emma Ferry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2013

ISBN

0-253-00948-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

Tracking globalization

Disciplina

382/.45549972

Soggetti

Mineral industries - Social aspects

Minerals - Collection and preservation - Mexico

Minerals - Collection and preservation - United States

Rock collectors

Mexico Commerce United States

United States Commerce Mexico

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Histories, mineralogies, economies -- Shifting stones : mineralogy and mineral collecting in Mexico and the United States -- Making scientific value -- Mineral collections and their minerals : building up U.S.-Mexican transnational spaces -- Making places in space : miners and collectors in Guanajuato and Tucson -- Mineral marketplaces, arbitrage, and the production of difference.

Sommario/riassunto

Elizabeth Emma Ferry traces the movement of minerals as they circulate from Mexican mines to markets, museums, and private collections. She describes how and why these byproducts of ore mining come to be valued by people in various walks of life as scientific specimens, religious offerings, and luxury collectibles. The story of mineral exploration and trade defines a rich and variegated US-Mexican space and sheds new light on this complex relationship.