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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812718903321

Titolo

The migration-displacement nexus : patterns, processes, and policies / / edited by Khalid Koser and Susan Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2011

ISBN

0-85745-192-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Forced Migration ; ; 32

Studies in forced migration ; ; v. 32

Altri autori (Persone)

KoserKhalid

MartinSusan F (Susan Forbes)

Disciplina

304.8

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration

Forced migration

Return migration

Refugees

Aufsatzsammlung

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

The migration-displacement nexus / Khalid Koser and Susan Martin -- Conceptualising displacement and migration : processes, conditions, and categories / Oliver Bakewell -- A unified approach to conceptualising resettlement / Robert Muggah -- When does mobility matter for migrants to Colombo? / Michael Collyer -- Profiling urban IDPs : how IDPs differ from their non-IDP neighbours in three cities / Karen Jacoobsen -- Displacement and the state : the case of Iraq / Philip Marfleet -- Between displacement and migration : neoliberal reform and the residues of war in rural Nicaragua / Sang Lee -- The migration-displacement nexus in China / Xiao Junyong -- The extended family as a form of informal protection for people displaced by Operation Restore Order in Zimbabwe / Nedson Pophiwa -- Climate change and human migration / Robert McLeman and Oli Brown -- State and non-state actors in evacuations during the conflict in Lebanon, July-August 2006 / Ray Jureidini -- Internal displacement and internal trafficking : developing a new framework for protection / Susan Martin and Amber Callaway -- The impact of global migration governance on



UNHCR / Alexander Betts.

Sommario/riassunto

The "migration-displacement nexus" is a new concept intended to capture the complex and dynamic interactions between voluntary and forced migration, both internally and internationally. Besides elaborating a new concept, this volume has three main purposes: the first is to focus empirical attention on previously understudied topics, such as internal trafficking and the displacement of foreign nationals, using case studies including Afghanistan and Iraq; the second is to highlight new challenges, including urban displacement and the effects of climate change; and the third is to explore gaps