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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815345603321

Titolo

Still waiting for tomorrow : the law and politics of unresolved refugee crises / / edited by Susan M. Akram and Tom Syring ; contributors Karen Abuzayd [and nine others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-6295-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Disciplina

341.486

Soggetti

Refugees - Legal status, laws, etc

War and society

Natural disasters - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the common features of protracted refugee situations. It is a critical examination of the reasons underlying the extended nature of those crises, as well as potential solutions to them. The book addresses war and armed conflict, environmental change and natural disasters, statelessness and protection gaps, among other elements, as common origins of refugee crises. It analyzes the root causes of some of the longest-standing unresolved refugee situations in the world today...