LEADER 04123nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910789628103321 005 20220402003959.0 010 $a0-8014-5839-0 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801458392 035 $a(CKB)2670000000079054 035 $a(OCoLC)726824253 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10457614 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000486795 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11360543 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486795 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10430692 035 $a(PQKB)10105888 035 $a(OCoLC)967539805 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28715 035 $a(DE-B1597)489612 035 $a(OCoLC)1024009080 035 $a(OCoLC)1054881106 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801458392 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3137993 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10457614 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3137993 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000079054 100 $a20090611d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aProtection by persuasion$b[electronic resource] $einternational cooperation in the refugee regime /$fAlexander Betts 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (230 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-8014-4824-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tAbbreviations --$tIntroduction --$t1. The International Politics of Refugee Protection --$t2. The International Conferences on Assistance to Refugees in Africa (1981 and 1984) --$t3. The International Conference on Central American Refugees (1987-1995) --$t4. The Comprehensive Plan of Action for Indochinese Refugees (1988-1996) --$t5. UNHCR's Convention Plus Initiative (2003-2005) --$tConclusion --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aStates located near crisis zones are most likely to see an influx of people fleeing from manmade disasters; African states, for instance, are forced to accommodate and adjust to refugees more often than do European states far away from sites of upheaval. Geography dictates that states least able to pay the costs associated with refugees are those most likely to have them cross their borders. Therefore, refugee protection has historically been characterized by a North-South impasse. While Southern states have had to open their borders to refugees fleeing conflict or human rights abuses in neighboring states, Northern states have had little obligation or incentive to contribute to protecting refugees in the South. In recent years, however, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has sought to foster greater international cooperation within the global refugee regime through special conferences at which Northern states are pushed to contribute to the costs of protection for refugees in the South. These initiatives, Alexander Betts finds in Protection by Persuasion, can overcome the North-South impasse and lead to significant cooperation. Betts shows that Northern states will contribute to such efforts when they recognize a substantive relationship between refugee protection in the South and their own interests in such issues as security, immigration, and trade. Highlighting the mechanisms through which UNHCR has been able to persuade Northern states that such links exist, Protection by Persuasion makes clear that refugee protection is a global concern, most effectively addressed when geographic realities are overridden by the perception of interdependence. 606 $aRefugees$xInternational cooperation 606 $aRefugees$xGovernment policy 606 $aRefugees$xProtection 615 0$aRefugees$xInternational cooperation. 615 0$aRefugees$xGovernment policy. 615 0$aRefugees$xProtection. 676 $a362.87/6 700 $aBetts$b Alexander$f1980-$0617033 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789628103321 996 $aProtection by persuasion$93808915 997 $aUNINA