Refugees and political asylum Books

Book SynopsisTrade Review"In Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary, Paik has given us an essential guide to our current moment that is both forward looking and well informed by the past. Students, organizers, and activists alike will find this clear and accessible book useful and inspiring." * H-Net *"This is a slim and accessible text that could serve as an introduction to some of the most pressing legal, political, and ethical issues of our day." * Religious Studies Review *Table of ContentsOverview Preface Introduction 1. Bans 2. Walls 3. Raids 4. Sanctuary Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Glossary Further Resources

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Book SynopsisDays after taking the White House, Donald Trump signed three executive ordersthese authorized the Muslim Ban, the border wall, and ICE raids. These orders would define his administration's approach toward noncitizens. An essential primer on how we got here, Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary shows that such barriers to immigration are embedded in the very foundation of the United States. A. Naomi Paik reveals that the forty-fifth president's xenophobic, racist, ableist, patriarchal ascendancy is no aberration, but the consequence of two centuries of U.S. political, economic, and social culture. She deftly demonstrates that attacks against migrants are tightly bound to assaults against women, people of color, workers, ill and disabled people, and queer and gender nonconforming people. Against this history of barriers and assaults, Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary mounts a rallying cry for a broad-based, abolitionist sanctuary movement for all.Trade Review“This book provides a diagnosis and suggests a way forward toward a better future. . . . Abolitionist sanctuary combines the radical welcome of sanctuary with the transformative vision of abolition. It sees migration as linked to many other struggles for justice. It is only through collaboration and reimagination, Paik argues, that we will be able to achieve lasting change.” * Public Books *"In Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary, Paik has given us an essential guide to our current moment that is both forward looking and well informed by the past. Students, organizers, and activists alike will find this clear and accessible book useful and inspiring." * H-Net *"This is a slim and accessible text that could serve as an introduction to some of the most pressing legal, political, and ethical issues of our day." * Religious Studies Review *Table of ContentsOverview Preface Introduction 1. Bans 2. Walls 3. Raids 4. Sanctuary Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Glossary Further Resources

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Book SynopsisRobert Ferrell Book Prize Honorable Mention 2021, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations Book Award for Outstanding Achievement in History Honorable Mention 2022, Association for Asian American StudiesAfter the US war in Vietnam, close to 800,000 Vietnamese left the country by boat, survived, and sought refuge throughout Southeast Asia and the Pacific. This is the story of what happened in the camps. In Campsraises key questions that remain all too relevant today: Who is a refugee? Who determines this status? And how does it change over time? From Guam to Malaysia and the Philippines to Hong Kong,In Campsis the first major work on Vietnamese refugee policy to pay close attention to host territories and to explore Vietnamese activism in the camps and the diaspora. This book explains how Vietnamese were transformed from de facto refugees to individual asylum seekers to repatriates. Ambitiously covering people on the groundlocal governments, teachers, and corrections officersas well as powerful players such as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the US government, Jana Lipman shows that the local politics of first asylum sites often drove international refugee policy. Unsettling most accounts of Southeast Asian migration to the US,In Campsinstead emphasizes the contingencies inherent in refugee policy and experiences.Trade Review"A major contribution to refugee history. In Camps offers a clearly written and carefully contextualized account of the encounters and interactions between the various elements in the international refugee regime: government authorities, intergovernmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, and refugees themselves. This book will also be of considerable value to teachers and researchers interested in contemporary human rights issues in relation to the treatment of refugees, as well as to anyone seeking a fresh perspective on the history of Southeast Asia." * Middle Ground Journal *"Makes an essential contribution to understanding the politics of refugee status determination and protection during the Vietnamese refugee crisis between 1975 and 2005. I recommend it as a well-researched, engaging and informative read." * Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography *"Spanning four host contexts from 1975 to 2005, Jana K. Lipman’s book absorbingly uncovers how Vietnamese in camps, regional authorities, and diasporic activists shaped the politics of refugee status determination. Lipman charts the uneven transformation of Vietnamese from de facto refugees to asylum seekers and repatriates. . . . A key reference for students and scholars of Southeast Asia, forced displacement, and resettlement." * Journal of Vietnamese Studies *“Through microhistories that examine the inner politics of camps in Guam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Hong Kong, Lipman captures the vibrant—and at times conflicting—advocacy that occurred regarding the fate of millions of Vietnamese, and the domestic politics that intersected with their refugee claims.” * Mekong Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 • "Give Us a Ship": The Vietnamese Repatriate Movement on Guam, 1975 2 • To "Shoot" or to "Shoo": Vietnamese in Malaysia, 1975–1979 3 • A Model Camp 4 • Hong Kong: Deterrence, Detention, and Repatriation, 1980–1989 5 • "Protest against Forced Repatriation!": Humanitarianism and Human Rights in Hong Kong, 1989–1997 6 • Palawan and Diasporic Imaginaries, 1996–2005 Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWastelands is an exploration of trash, the scavengers who collect it, and the precarious communities it sustains. After enduring war and persecution in Kosovo, many Ashkali refugees fled to Belgrade, Serbia, where they were stigmatized as Gypsies, consigned to slums, sidelined from the economy, and subjected to violence. To survive, Ashkali collect the only resource available to them: garbage. Vividly recounting everyday life in an illegal Romani settlement, Eirik Saethre follows Ashkali as they scavenge through dumpsters, build shacks, siphon electricity, negotiate the recycling trade, and migrate between Belgrade, Kosovo, and the European Union. He argues that trash is not just a means of survival: it reinforces the status of Ashkali and Roma as polluted Others, creates indissoluble bonds to transnational capitalism, enfeebles bodies, and establishes a localized sovereignty.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Other World 1. The Sociality of Exception 2. Precarious Domesticity 3. Abject Economies 4. Constrained Aspirations 5. Relocations Conclusion: Jebem Ti Život Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. The Endurance of Palestinian Political Factionsisan ethnographic study of Palestinian political factions in Lebanon through an immersion in daily home life. Perla Issa asks how political factions remain the center of political life in the Palestinian camps in the face of mounting criticism. Through an examination of the daily, mundane practices of refugees in Nahr el-Bared camp in particular, this book shows how intimate, interpersonal, and kin-based relations are transformed into political networks and offers a fresh analysis of how those networks are in turn metamorphosed into political structures. By providing a detailed and intimate account of this process, this book reveals how factions are produced and reproduced in everyday life despite widespread condemnation.

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Book SynopsisSuspended Livesexplores the experiences of asylum seekers in the midwestern United States in vivid detail. Drawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork among Cameroonian and other African asylum seekers, Bridget M. Haas traces the emotional and social effects of being embedded in the US asylum regime. Appealing to the United States for protection, asylum seekers are cast into a complex and protracted bureaucratic system that increasingly treats them as suspect. Haas shows how the US asylum system both serves as a potential refuge from past violence and creates new forms of suffering. She takes readers into the intimate spaces of asylum seekers' homes and communities, in addition to legal and bureaucratic settings that are often inaccessible to the public. Poignantly foregrounding the lives and voices of asylum seekers, Suspended Lives exposes the asylum system as a site of multiple, yet often hidden and normalized, forms of violence. Haas also illuminates how asylum seekers respond to tTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgments List of Acronyms Introduction 1. Violence of In/Visibility 2. Limbo and the Violence of Waiting 3. Socioeconomic Violence and Its Ripple Effects 4. Epistemic Violence in Asylum Adjudication 5. The Aftermaths of Asylum Decisions Conclusion Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContents Preface Part I 1 ICE Air 2 On the Tarmac 3 Civil War 4 Shiqaal Subclan 5 Foreigner 6 The Struggle 7 Glades County Jail 8 Krome Service Processing Center Part II 9 Stay of Deportation 10 Jurisdiction 11 Contempt of Court 12 Motion to Reopen 13 Day in Court 14 Journey’s End Epilogue Acknowledgments Sources and Notes Index

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Book SynopsisWhitehall and the Jews is the most comprehensive study to date of the British response to the plight of European Jewry under Nazism. It contains the definitive account of immigration controls on the admission of refugee Jews, and reveals the doubts and dissent that lay behind British policy. British self-interest consistently limited humanitarian aid to Jews. Refuge was severely restricted during the Holocaust, and little attempt made to save lives, although individual intervention did prompt some admissions on a purely humanitarian basis. After the war, the British government delayed announcing whether refugees would obtain permanent residence, reflecting the government's aim of avoiding long-term responsibility for large numbers of homeless Jews. The balance of state self-interest against humanitarian concern in refugee policy is an abiding theme of Whitehall and the Jews, one of the most important contributions to the understanding of the Holocaust and Britain yet published.Trade Review' … impeccably balanced … Louise London's book should be compulsory reading in Whitehall today.' David Cesarani, The Times Literary Supplement'Louise London's admirable book makes for disturbing reading.' Julia Pascal, The Independent' An important new book by Louise London … based on the cold, indisputable evidence of documents from the Public Records Office, punctures some of the myths about Britain's supposedly blameless past for tolerance and hospitality towards refugees.' Donald Macintyre, The Independent' … a scholarly tour de force … Louise London brilliantly shows how government contrives to manage its policies with the least interference from others, especially international organisations and the public.' Jewish Chronicle' … remarkably balanced and authoritative … this work … present[s] the Jewish issue in its rich historical context - a goal of every historian, but one that is seldom realized with the skill, insight and sensitivity displayed here.' Michael R. Marrus, University of Toronto'With encyclopedic knowledge and utter precision LouisE London has given us the most detailed account of British policy toward Jewish refugees and escapees from Nazi domination.' Raul Hilberg, Professor, University of Vermont'This is … the most comprehensive study to date of the british response to the plight of Europe's Jews from the rise of Hitler to the immediate postwar years.' The Hamstead and Highgate Express'… this book certainly adds to the topic and should be used as an example by others seeking to write the history of groups that migrated to Britain.' Sean Kelly, Reviews in History'Whitehall and the Jews makes a number of important contributions to the literature on this subject … Understanding how and why certain policy decisions are made necessitates doing what Louise London has so successfully done here - stepping into the shoes of policy-makers.' Liza Schuster, Ethnic and Racial Studies'… after reading Dr London's irrefutable conclusions, one is left wondering how many more might have been saved had there existed, in Whitehall, the genuine political will to save them.' Immigrants and Minorities'With all … previous work that has been undertaken on the entry of Jewish refugees, the question of whether another book on this topic is needed, has to be addressed. the simplest way. To answer this query is to ask whether London's work adds anything new to the topic. The answer is undoubtedly 'yes'. She goes beyond the sources that have been previously utilized, and opens up new areas of interest, as well as presenting a well-developed and supported argument.' Reviews in HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction; 2. Immigration control; 3. Control without visas; 4. New restrictions after the Anschluss, March to October 1938; 5. From Kristallnacht to the outbreak of war, November 1938 to September 1939; 6. Refugees from Czechoslovakia; 7. War-time policy; 8. The response to the Holocaust; 9. Post-war decisions; 10. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisIn a revised edition of Morris' earlier work, which explored the realities behind the Palestinian exodus of 1948, fresh material considers battles, expulsions and atrocities that contributed to the disintegration of Palestinian communities. The story is harrowing. Refugees now number four million - their cause remains a major obstacle to peace.Trade Review'The book is thorough, shocking, and based upon the highest standard of historical research.' Journal of Peace Research'When published in 1988, The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem was the first serious history of one of the central issues behind the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A revised edition following the opening up of Israeli state archives for the period, examines in greater detail the actual events behind the flight of Palestinians from Jerusalem, Jaffa and Haifa.' Jewish ChronicleReview of the first edition '… The most comprehensive and detailed study yet published on the Palestinian refugees.' The EconomistReview of the first edition 'This excellent myth-debunking book … deserves a wide readership among those who want to understand what has happened in Israel over the last 40 years rather than repeat discredited propaganda which serves only to prolong the war.' The SpectatorReview of the first edition 'Mr Morris … is a rare combination of journalist and painstaking research historian, whose thorough use of Israeli, British and American archives - many of the materials unavailable until now - has enabled him to present a definitive history of his subject.' The New York Times Book ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Background; 2. 'Transfer': thinking in Zionism before 1948; 3. The first stage of the exodus, November 1947–March 1948; 4. The second stage of the exodus, April-June, 1948; 5. The third stage of the exodus,'The Ten Days', July 1948; 6. Deciding against a return of the refugees; 7. Preventing a return; 8. The fourth stage of the exodus, October- November 1948; 9. Clearing the borders; 10. Solving the refugee problem: the failure to reach agreement and a solution, 1949; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThe Japanese invasion of Shanghai in 1937 led 30 million Chinese to flee their homes in terror, and live—in the words of artist and writer Feng Zikai—“in a sea of bitterness” as refugees. Keith Schoppa paints a comprehensive picture of the refugee experience in one province, Zhejiang, where the Japanese launched notorious campaigns.Trade ReviewMakes a signal contribution to the understanding of warfare in China by examining the refugee experience comprehensively. The great strength of this book is that it focuses on an entire province, one whose history and geography the author knows intimately. Schoppa takes an important step towards fulfilling the call, made by the eminent historian Parks Coble, for scholars to explore more deeply the traumatic effects of this war on civilians. -- Rebecca Nedostup, author of Superstitious RegimesA stunning account of the horrific experiences of Chinese refugees during the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-45. Focusing on people's actual sentiments rather than state-generated propaganda, Schoppa finds that personal concerns, not the interests of the nation, were uppermost in the minds of refugees. He also shows that refugee strategies were profoundly shaped by the preeminent importance in Chinese culture of native place and the complex networks of human connections associated with it. In the brutal caldron of war, local attachments, which were concrete, trumped more abstract national ones. -- Paul A. Cohen, author of Speaking to HistoryJapan's "Rape of Nanking" is infamous. Less well known are the massacres at Qiaosi and countless other places. In a moving, relentless narrative, Keith Schoppa shows how Japanese bombing, arson, rape, pillage and murder in the first years of war unleashed a "tsunami of refugees" across China. Rulers and ruled, teachers and students, merchants and customers, farmers and artisans went on the run. This is the story of how they lived, coped, resisted, remembered or died in one Chinese province. Schoppa takes us back to "a world where ghosts wailed," when local, national and global destinies were sorted out. This is a masterful and sobering history. -- William C. Kirby, editor of The People's Republic of China at 60The brutal Japanese invasion of China in 1937 forced more than 30 million Chinese to flee their homes and subsist in regions of their country unfamiliar to them as refugees until the end of World War II. Schoppa retraces the stories of these refugees, produced from oral histories, journals, and memoirs chronicling a turbulent period in one particular province--Zhejiang, on the central Chinese coast. The terrorizing offensives of mass murder, rape, and germ warfare launched by the Japanese militarists brought about the most demoralizing sense of political, cultural, and psychological dislocation in Chinese history...A moving narrative for serious readers in Chinese or Japanese history and in the history of 20th-century warfare in East Asia. -- Allan Cho * Library Journal *Schoppa relies primarily on the direct accounts of diarists to illustrate the confusion and emotional distress that accompanied the physical hardships of being without a home during wartime--particularly for a culture that places such a high value on the concept of home. The era Schoppa revisits in this book is a dark one--as one refugee says, the loss of his home in the war thrust him into a "sea of bitterness"--but with measured analysis and an arsenal of facts, he sheds light on the war's forgotten refugees. * Publishers Weekly *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Eastern Sociological Society Book Award""[Gowayed] urges a global reckoning with the violence . . . that our obsession with national boundaries brings." * The Christian Century *"A concisely written, enjoyable read. . . . It is important that a wide audience reads books like this."---Alfons Fermin, Journal of Urban Affairs

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Eastern Sociological Society Book Award""[Gowayed] urges a global reckoning with the violence . . . that our obsession with national boundaries brings." * The Christian Century *"A concisely written, enjoyable read. . . . It is important that a wide audience reads books like this."---Alfons Fermin, Journal of Urban Affairs

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Provides a powerful, personal, and moving account of the most urgent humanitarian crisis of our time."---Eleni Sakellis, National Herald"A gift for those who care deeply about their fellow humans, or a needed wake-up call for those who could learn a little empathy, Ai Weiwei’s book Human Flow brings to light the stories of those on the front lines of the global refugee crisis . . . [T]his book is able to give voice to many . . . featuring 100 first-person accounts alongside Weiwei’s photographs."---Shannon Connellan, Mashable"Providing descriptions of the difficulties from many perspectives of the refugee situation and perspectives on how it might be dealt with, [Human Flow] is a powerful resource about a critical humanitarian issue. . .Highly recommended." * Choice *"A remarkable dossier. . . . Human Flow needs to be read now."---Jeremy Adelman, Public Books

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Book SynopsisHow has the migrant crisis shaped Europe's borders?Trade Review'A significant contribution to the study of migration that challenges many of our assumptions about where borders are, how they work, and ultimately who is allowed to move' -- Reece Jones, University of Hawaii, author of 'Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move''This book offers a powerful take on the human consequences of bordering Europe. In shifting the reader's gaze from migrants themselves to the EU roll-out of unprecedented migration controls it builds a distressing picture of a perennial political 'migration emergency'... a text fit for our times, speaking back to the dangerous political common-sense in a forceful collective voice: an urgent read' -- Ruben Andersson, author of 'Illegality, Inc.: Clandestine Migration and the Business of Bordering Europe''A collective, interdisciplinary, thoughtful, timely rendering of the new paradigm now governing how we live borders' -- Alison Mountz, Balsillie School of International AffairsTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Series Preface Preface Glossary Introduction 1. The Where and When of Migration 2. Refuge, Rules and Rights 3. Governing Mobility 4. The Camps 5. The Sea is on Fire Notes Index

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Book SynopsisHow has the migrant crisis shaped Europe's borders?Trade Review'A significant contribution to the study of migration that challenges many of our assumptions about where borders are, how they work, and ultimately who is allowed to move' -- Reece Jones, University of Hawaii, author of 'Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move''This book offers a powerful take on the human consequences of bordering Europe. In shifting the reader's gaze from migrants themselves to the EU roll-out of unprecedented migration controls it builds a distressing picture of a perennial political 'migration emergency'... a text fit for our times, speaking back to the dangerous political common-sense in a forceful collective voice: an urgent read' -- Ruben Andersson, author of 'Illegality, Inc.: Clandestine Migration and the Business of Bordering Europe''A collective, interdisciplinary, thoughtful, timely rendering of the new paradigm now governing how we live borders' -- Alison Mountz, Balsillie School of International AffairsTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Series Preface Preface Glossary Introduction 1. The Where and When of Migration 2. Refuge, Rules and Rights 3. Governing Mobility 4. The Camps 5. The Sea is on Fire Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA rigorous examination of 'dispersal', which forms the basis of the government’s asylum policyTrade Review'Elegant and disturbing [...] a brilliant analysis of the cruel biopolitics of care in contemporary Britain' -- Ash Amin, Chair of Geography at Cambridge University'Indispensable reading for anyone interested in the contemporary policies, practices, spaces, and politics of asylum' -- Suzan Ilcan, Professor of Sociology at the University of Waterloo, Ontario'A tour-de-force. The evidence for the violence of the country's system of dispersal of asylum-seekers is shocking. Bursting with ideas, this book contains the seeds of an urgently-needed political, social and cultural transformation' -- Ben Rogaly, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Sussex'Rigorously diagnoses a long-term malaise in the UK system of 'asylum accommodation'. An inexorably unaccountable system hidden in plain sight, in poverty blighted communities. A system that separates people from mainstream life, frequently with loss of hope and health. A system that reduces people to unit costs in often profitable company accounts. A system that does not need to be like this. This book shows us how to change it' -- Graham O'Neill, human rights worker for Commission for Racial Equality, Equality and Human Rights Commission and Scottish Refugee Council'A forensic and compelling examination of how systems that exist in theory to protect some of the most vulnerable people in our society end up harming them' -- Daniel Trilling, journalist and author of 'Lights In The Distance: Exile and Refuge at the Borders of Europe''A much-needed book about the workings and effects of dispersal. Darling brilliantly unveils how exhaustion operates as a governing strategy; how the sufferings of dispersal are created by or endured through withdrawal, fragmentation, weariness, but also defiance and care' -- Anne-Marie Fortier, Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University'Essential and compelling [...] illuminates the humanity of people navigating their violent dispersal through systems designed to treat them inhumanely' -- Alison Mountz, author of 'The Death of Asylum'Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Dispersal, Debilitation, and Distributed Violence 2. Creating Dispersal 3. Outsourcing Asylum 4. The Retreat of Local Government 5. Dismantling Support 6. Enduring Asylum 7. Enduring Otherwise: Counter-conducts of Care Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTogether, we can break down bordersTrade Review‘Powerful’ -- Nikesh Shukla, editor of 'The Good Immigrant' (Unbound, 2017)'A must-read manifesto for border abolition' -- gal-dem'This seminal text forms the grounding for a deep and vital understanding on how an abolition of Britain’s brutal border regime is needed to repair the harm caused by colonial legacies' -- Rhys Thomas, VICE'An accessible, well-researched and indispensable guide, myth-busting at every turn, and charting not just the origins of these violent realities, but of equal importance, how we can dismantle them' -- Joshua Virasami, author of 'How To Change It: Make a Difference' (Merky Books, 2020)'A powerful indictment of borders and border regimes that lays bare the story of how they emerged, how they exercise a tenacious hold on our imagination, and how they enact lethal violence on so many' -- Priyamvada Gopal, Professor of Postcolonial Studies at the University of Cambridge'Cowan brings the very notion of a border into sharp focus in this meticulous and compassionate manifesto' -- Juno Mac, co-author of Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight For Sex Workers' Rights (Verso, 2020)'Passionate and laser sharp, Cowan not only exposes how greed, racism and hypocrisy work over generations to wall people out of Britain but also gives us tools to dig tunnels under those walls' -- Professor Bridget Anderson, Director of Migration Mobilities Bristol and Professor of Migration, Mobilities and Citizenship, University of Bristol'A fantastically succinct primer on the violence of our bordered world, and a powerful invitation to join with people at the sharpest end of that violence' -- Gracie Bradley, interim Director at Liberty'Debunks the myths and misconceptions about immigration and who exactly profits from the system' -- Refinery29 UK'A compelling and digestible resource which lays out the oppressive nature of Britain’s borders and their history, and the tangible possibilities of resistance to them' -- The Face'A brilliant and eye-opening read into the violent and oppressive nature of borders, and how we as a collective can move beyond a life with borders' -- Aurelia'Sets out for us, not just the colonial histories that saw lines on the map drawn, but the murky world of profiteering that sees them maintained in the present' -- Huck'We can, and should, all resist borders, and 'Border Nation' is a beautiful entry point into how to do it' -- Bad Form‘A short, sharp, incisive analysis of the colonial origins of borders, the violence of immigration control and the profit motive driving so much of immigration policy and practice’ -- Right to RemainTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Why Break Down Borders? 1. In the Shadow of the British Empire 2. Whitewashing and the Myth of the Migrant 'Outsider' 3. Why Should Migrants Contribute? 4. Building Borders Through Headlines and Column Inches 5. Everyday Borders and 'de facto' Border Guards 6. The Violence of Detention and Deportation 7. Big Business and the 'Profit Motive' for Borders 8. Borderlands of Resistance Conclusion: Living Beyond Borders

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Book SynopsisA detailed ethnographic account of the revolutionary Kurdish women's movementTrade Review'Dilar Dirik is one the foremost writers, scholars and participants in the Kurdish women's movement. Her revolutionary work against all forms of state and social oppression and exploitation is unsparing in its truth-telling and expansive in its political orientation - a true people's historian from below' -- Harsha Walia, author of 'Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism' (Haymarket, 2021)'Compelling [...] As a social history from below, it goes beyond the hype and reveals the radical roots of this movement' -- Dr Yara Hawari, writer, academic and political analyst'Read to 'feelthink' and to embrace the memories of the historical struggle of the Kurdish sisters against the fascist and capitalist patriarchy. From the mountains, academia and daily life in resistance, their legacy walks towards liberation, healing and dignity' -- Lorena Kab'nal, Mayan Ancestral Healer, Territorial Community Feminist and Community Social Psychologist'What should a women's revolution look like? With clarity, Dilar Dirik lays bare the thoughts and experiments of the inspiring Kurdish women who for decades having been setting example to anyone fighting for a more equal world. This is an important book for everyone interested in revolution, gender equality, anti-fascist and anti-capitalist struggle' -- Alpa Shah, Professor of Anthropology at London School of Economics and award-winning authorTable of ContentsFigures Abbreviations and acronyms Locations in Kurdish Map Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: The Kurdistan women’s revolution – A social history from below PART I: HISTORY 1. Mapping the Kurdistan of women 2. The Kurdistan Revolutionaries 3. Berxwedan jiyan e! – The Diyarbakır prison resistance 4. Vejîn! – The first bullet 5. Edî bes e! – The dirty war 6. Towards women’s autonomy 7. International conspiracy and internal crisis 8. The battle for the PKK’s soul 9. Enter Democratic Confederalism PART II: THEORY 10. ‘Struggling woman’: Ideology and identity 11. Building ‘democratic modernity’ 12. Jineolojî: ‘A science of woman and life’ PART III: PRACTICE 13. Stateless society 14. Öcalan: Leader, prisoner, comrade 15. Revolutionizing love 16. Mothers 17. Self-defence 18. Martyrs 19. Prisoners 20. Education 21. Media 22. Ecology 23. Mexmûr: From displacement to self-determination 24. Bakur: Women against politicide 25. Başûr: ‘Freedom is more than the absence of dictatorship’ 26. Rojava: A women’s revolution 27. Resistance or feminicide: Women against Daesh 28. Şengal: From feminicide to women’s autonomy 29. Kobanê did not fall 30. Life after Daesh: Women’s solidarity in Manbij 31. War and peace PART IV: EMPOWERMENT OR REVOLUTION? 32. Two rivers, two freedom agendas? Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe social and intellectual history of Iraq told through the academic, political and social experiences of Iraqi academics in exileTrade Review'These life stories of academics from around the globe tell a vivid, inspiring and sometimes poetic history of modern Iraq' -- miriam cooke, Braxton Craven Professor of Arab Cultures, Duke University'Searing! The American assault aimed to 'end' the Iraqi state and shatter the culture that sustained it. Yako retrieves the stories of some sixty displaced Iraqi academics. Distillations of their experiences read as if written on shards of glass that penetrate the skin and wound the heart' -- Raymond W. Baker, Board Director, International Council for Middle East Studies, Washington, D.C.'Luis Yako's thinking is as compelling as his writing. 'Bullets in Envelopes' persuasively shifts the politics of argumentation. He uses anthropology to convey the existential turbulence of academics in exile after the US invasion, instead of using academics to advance the discipline' -- Walter D. Mignolo, author of 'The Politics of Decolonial Investigations' (Duke University Press, 2021)'Excavates a searing genealogy of loss that documents Iraqi academics' displacement, through a powerful account of the travails of higher education and the links between power and knowledge' -- Sherene Seikaly, Associate Professor in the Department of History, University of California, Santa BarbaraTable of ContentsPreface Starting from the End: Returning to Iraq after a Decade in Exile Acknowledgments Introduction: The Story of This Story Questions and Contributions Fieldwork and Research Chapter-by-Chapter Summary PART I 1. A Nuanced Understanding of Iraq during the Baʿath Era The Conveniently Omitted Nuances of Iraq’s Story in Western Discourse A More Refined Understanding of the Iraqi Baʿath Era 2. The Baʿath Era: Iraqi Academics Looking Back Communist Academics and the Baʿath Curriculum, Fellowships, and Freedom of Expression Women Academics under the Baʿath Religion and Sectarianism under the Baʿath 3. The UN Sanctions: Consenting to Occupation through Starvation Documented Facts and Consequences of the UN Sanctions Blockaded on Every Side Women Academics during the Sanctions Academic Voices Critiquing the Iraqi Regime PART II 4. The Occupation: Paving the Road to Exile and Displacement Restructuring State and Society through Cultural and Academic Cleansing Killings, Assassinations, and Threats as Cleansing Sectarian Violence as Cleansing “De-Baʿathification” as Cleansing 5. Lives under Contract: The Transition to the Corporate University Exile Starts at Home Lives under Contract: The Corporate University in Jordan Lives under Contract: The Corporate University in Iraqi Kurdistan The Campus as “Concentration Camp” 6. Language as a Metonym for Politics The Politics of Language on Campus The Social Implications Do Sad Stories Ever End? 7. Final Reflections: Home, Exile, and the Future Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe social and intellectual history of Iraq told through the academic, political and social experiences of Iraqi academics in exileTrade Review'These life stories of academics from around the globe tell a vivid, inspiring and sometimes poetic history of modern Iraq' -- miriam cooke, Braxton Craven Professor of Arab Cultures, Duke University'Searing! The American assault aimed to 'end' the Iraqi state and shatter the culture that sustained it. Yako retrieves the stories of some sixty displaced Iraqi academics. Distillations of their experiences read as if written on shards of glass that penetrate the skin and wound the heart' -- Raymond W. Baker, Board Director, International Council for Middle East Studies, Washington, D.C.'Luis Yako's thinking is as compelling as his writing. 'Bullets in Envelopes' persuasively shifts the politics of argumentation. He uses anthropology to convey the existential turbulence of academics in exile after the US invasion, instead of using academics to advance the discipline' -- Walter D. Mignolo, author of 'The Politics of Decolonial Investigations' (Duke University Press, 2021)'Excavates a searing genealogy of loss that documents Iraqi academics' displacement, through a powerful account of the travails of higher education and the links between power and knowledge' -- Sherene Seikaly, Associate Professor in the Department of History, University of California, Santa BarbaraTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Story of This Story 2. A Nuanced Understanding of Iraq during the Ba'ath Era 3. The Ba'ath Era: Iraqi Academics Looking Back 4. The UN Sanctions: Consenting to Occupation through Starvation 5. The Occupation: Paving the Road to Exile and Displacement 6. Lives under Contract: The Transition to the Corporate University 7. Language as a Metonym for Politics 8. Final Reflections: Home, Exile, and the Future

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Book SynopsisA journey through five London boroughs, revealing the lives of asylum seekers todayTrade Review'Now, more than ever, it is vital to support women who have crossed borders. By listening to women from across the world who have made their homes in London, Cynthia Cockburn brings us stories that we need to hear in order to challenge divisions and build solidarity' -- Natasha Walter author of The New Feminism (Virago, 1998) and founder of Women for Refugee Women.'Makes one want to hop on a red bus to explore each of the city's vibrant neighbourhoods - to immerse oneself in the local lives of politically engaged women in a way that enables one to grasp the lasting effects of wartime violence' -- Cynthia Enloe, author of Bananas, Beaches and Bases (University of California Press, 2014)'A profoundly humanising and moving book that inspires and provides hope' -- Nadje Al-Ali, author of Iraqi Women: Untold Stories from 1948 to the Present (Zed Books, 2007)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. London: Magnet for Migrants 2. From South-East Turkey to North-East London: Kurds in Hackney 3. From the Horn of Africa to the Isle of Dogs: Somalis in Tower Hamlets 4. Home for Whom? Tamils in Hounslow and Home Office Detention 5. The Sudans' Divided People Come To Camden 6. Syrian War, Migration Crisis and 'Refugees Welcome' in Lambeth Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA journey through five London boroughs, revealing the lives of asylum seekers todayTrade Review'Now, more than ever, it is vital to support women who have crossed borders. By listening to women from across the world who have made their homes in London, Cynthia Cockburn brings us stories that we need to hear in order to challenge divisions and build solidarity' -- Natasha Walter author of The New Feminism (Virago, 1998) and founder of Women for Refugee Women.'Makes one want to hop on a red bus to explore each of the city's vibrant neighbourhoods - to immerse oneself in the local lives of politically engaged women in a way that enables one to grasp the lasting effects of wartime violence' -- Cynthia Enloe, author of Bananas, Beaches and Bases (University of California Press, 2014)'A profoundly humanising and moving book that inspires and provides hope' -- Nadje Al-Ali, author of Iraqi Women: Untold Stories from 1948 to the Present (Zed Books, 2007)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. London: Magnet for Migrants 2. From South-East Turkey to North-East London: Kurds in Hackney 3. From the Horn of Africa to the Isle of Dogs: Somalis in Tower Hamlets 4. Home for Whom? Tamils in Hounslow and Home Office Detention 5. The Sudans' Divided People Come To Camden 6. Syrian War, Migration Crisis and 'Refugees Welcome' in Lambeth Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA shocking but inspirational collection of stories by refugees in the former Calais camp in FranceTrade Review'These first-hand accounts of the suffering endured by the refugees fleeing unmitigated horror in their homelands paints a far more vivid picture than anything we read in the press or see on television. If you want to understand fully the extent of what refugees are being forced to endure under our very noses, please read this book' -- Julie Christie'Home is the first thing we experience as human beings in this world; somewhere we know, safe and warm, somewhere that keeps us. When we are forced out, we lose a little bit of ourselves; leaving us less whole. However, through these poems, these stories, we reclaim that home and the humanity that is lost with what comes with being labelled a refugee. Writing this is not only a way for the world to know us, but a way that we may know ourselves, once again' -- JJ Bola, Writer, Poet, Author of No Place to Call Home (2017)'Read this powerful book' -- Counterfire'Gives those who have been ignored, dehumanised and abused because of who they are the platform they deserve to explain the reality of life as a refugee' -- Morning StarTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Home 2. Journeys 3. Living in the ‘Jungle’: Arriving, Exploring and Settling In 4. Living in and Leaving the ‘Jungle’: Connecting, Longing and Trying to Leave 5. Life After the ‘Jungle’ Conclusion

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Book SynopsisA shocking but inspirational collection of stories by refugees in the former Calais camp in FranceTrade Review'These first-hand accounts of the suffering endured by the refugees fleeing unmitigated horror in their homelands paints a far more vivid picture than anything we read in the press or see on television. If you want to understand fully the extent of what refugees are being forced to endure under our very noses, please read this book' -- Julie Christie'Home is the first thing we experience as human beings in this world; somewhere we know, safe and warm, somewhere that keeps us. When we are forced out, we lose a little bit of ourselves; leaving us less whole. However, through these poems, these stories, we reclaim that home and the humanity that is lost with what comes with being labelled a refugee. Writing this is not only a way for the world to know us, but a way that we may know ourselves, once again' -- JJ Bola, Writer, Poet, Author of No Place to Call Home (2017)'Read this powerful book' -- Counterfire'Gives those who have been ignored, dehumanised and abused because of who they are the platform they deserve to explain the reality of life as a refugee' -- Morning StarTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Home 2. Journeys 3. Living in the ‘Jungle’: Arriving, Exploring and Settling In 4. Living in and Leaving the ‘Jungle’: Connecting, Longing and Trying to Leave 5. Life After the ‘Jungle’ Conclusion

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Book SynopsisA poignant look at the lives, experiences and identity of the asylum seekers and refugees that have come to Britain's shoresTrade ReviewThere should be more books like this out there as Tania has really unearthed something unique and amazing and vitally important – to remind us how precarious life can be ... We need stories like this in these days of greed and fear, as we have to dive into the lives of others to be able to understand who, what, when, where, why -- King Adz, author of THE STUFF YOU CAN'T BOTTLE

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Book SynopsisTendayi Bloom is Associate Professor in Politics and International Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK. She is author of Noncitizenism: Recognising Noncitizen Capabilities in a World of Citizens (2018).Trade ReviewThis insightful book puts the spotlight on those people who live out their lives despite an international system that benefits others. In bringing such voices to the foreground, Bloom has produced a valuable addition to the literature on the global politics of migration that demonstrates how institutional structures are constructed, and how they may be challenged. Written in an accessible and clear manner, Noncitizen Power is essential reading for anyone interested in global migration governance. -- Gerasimos Tsourapas, University of Glasgow, UKThis is a brilliant critique of how citizen-state relations usurp all relations between states and individuals in liberal political thought. An entire category – noncitizens – and their relations with the state remain subordinate as noncitizens wanting to become citizens. Yet, noncitizens often make rights claims without wanting to become citizens, and, as Bloom shows, with profound consequences. -- Engin Isin, Queen Mary University of London, UKTendayi Bloom’s book makes an important and original contribution to our understanding of the multi-scalar politics of migration through the unique lens of noncitizens. It brings to the fore the agency of those migrants and non-migrants alike whose lives and politics develop within and despite the institutions that govern them, and calls for these voices, experiences and perspectives to be brought into discussions of global migration governance. -- Nando Sigona, University of Birmingham, UKBloom has written an original and challenging book which places the noncitizen rather than the citizen at the centre of our understanding of the global order of things. With a combination of theoretical insight and practical proposals, the book explores how the power and knowledge of the noncitizen can be brought to bear on key questions such as international migration, and shows how crucial this power and knowledge is to changing the international system so that all people, whatever their status, have a recognised place within it. -- Phillip Cole, University of the West of England, UKTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. Noncitizenism is the New ‘-ism’ 2. ‘Migrant’ is a Slippery Term 3. Finding New Ways to Talk about Migration Governance 4. Joining the Conversation about Migration 5. The Power of Place 6. When Talk is Cheaper for Some 7. Underlying Narratives Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTendayi Bloom is Associate Professor in Politics and International Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK. She is author of Noncitizenism: Recognising Noncitizen Capabilities in a World of Citizens (2018).Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface Introduction 1. Noncitizenism is the New ‘-ism’ 2. ‘Migrant’ is a Slippery Term 3. Finding New Ways to Talk about Migration Governance 4. Joining the Conversation about Migration 5. The Power of Place 6. When Talk is Cheaper for Some 7. Underlying Narratives Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn innovative ethnography of refugee resettlement in Sweden.Trade Review"Through a compelling analysis, Mc Cluskey demonstrates how central the day-to-day practices of everyday people are to understanding the emergence of big phenomena like the global rise of the far right, moving away from a focus on ideology or high politics." E-International Relations"This book provides a basic introduction to the field of critical security studies and would be a great text for individuals who are new to the Scandinavian region and the world of Far Right language." H-Net

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Book SynopsisIn The Concerned Women of Buduburam, Elizabeth Holzer offers an unprecedented firsthand account of the rise and fall of social protests in a long-standing refugee camp. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the host government of Ghana established the Buduburam Refugee Camp in 1990.Trade ReviewHolzer's engagingly written text is unique in establishing... how women and men experience refugee relief that has morphed into a system of rule. Holzer’s attention to the motivations of all involved in the clash between the Liberian refugees, the Ghanaian host government, and the UNHCR is commendable. Along with delineating how social complexities of age, gender, ethnicity, and migration route impact camp politics, she describes the constraints imposed by the basic structures of humanitarian aid. Concerned Women of Buduburam is an unflinching and vital interrogation of the practical pitfalls and theoretical nuances of humanitarian aid. -- Abena Ampofoa Asare * Mobilization *The author deploys both extensive ethnographic research and a nuanced review of social theory, examining the 'themes of civic engagement, transnational government, administrative caregiving, political legitimacy, contentious politics and repression.' Integrating their impact, she names the resulting form of rule 'compassionate authoritarianism': compassionate in that its goal is to relieve the suffering of a displaced and traumatized population and authoritarian because clients lack power to pursue their own ends, are blocked from expressing discontent, and are incapable of receiving compensation for administrative failings. -- S. J. Gold * Choice *This book is a must read for all those concerned with transnational governance, the practicalities and ethics of humanitarian aid, and human rights in general. -- Katarzyna Grabska, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsIntroduction: "The Midnight Hour in This Refugee Crisis"Part I. Everyday Politics in Crisis 1. Achieving Everyday Life in Humanitarian Crisis 2. Civic Engagement in the Refugee Camp 3. Bifurcated GovernmentalityPart II. Contentious Politics in Crisis 4. The Concerned Women Protests 5. Refugee Dissent as a Social Problem 6. Legitimacy in Repression's AftermathConclusion: Compassionate AuthoritarianismMethodological Appendix: Public Sociology and Private Compromise References Index

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Book SynopsisIn The Concerned Women of Buduburam, Elizabeth Holzer offers an unprecedented firsthand account of the rise and fall of social protests in a long-standing refugee camp. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the host government of Ghana established the Buduburam Refugee Camp in 1990.Trade ReviewHolzer's engagingly written text is unique in establishing... how women and men experience refugee relief that has morphed into a system of rule. Holzer’s attention to the motivations of all involved in the clash between the Liberian refugees, the Ghanaian host government, and the UNHCR is commendable. Along with delineating how social complexities of age, gender, ethnicity, and migration route impact camp politics, she describes the constraints imposed by the basic structures of humanitarian aid. Concerned Women of Buduburam is an unflinching and vital interrogation of the practical pitfalls and theoretical nuances of humanitarian aid. -- Abena Ampofoa Asare * Mobilization *The author deploys both extensive ethnographic research and a nuanced review of social theory, examining the 'themes of civic engagement, transnational government, administrative caregiving, political legitimacy, contentious politics and repression.' Integrating their impact, she names the resulting form of rule 'compassionate authoritarianism': compassionate in that its goal is to relieve the suffering of a displaced and traumatized population and authoritarian because clients lack power to pursue their own ends, are blocked from expressing discontent, and are incapable of receiving compensation for administrative failings. -- S. J. Gold * Choice *This book is a must read for all those concerned with transnational governance, the practicalities and ethics of humanitarian aid, and human rights in general. -- Katarzyna Grabska, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsIntroduction: "The Midnight Hour in This Refugee Crisis"Part I. Everyday Politics in Crisis 1. Achieving Everyday Life in Humanitarian Crisis 2. Civic Engagement in the Refugee Camp 3. Bifurcated GovernmentalityPart II. Contentious Politics in Crisis 4. The Concerned Women Protests 5. Refugee Dissent as a Social Problem 6. Legitimacy in Repression's AftermathConclusion: Compassionate AuthoritarianismMethodological Appendix: Public Sociology and Private Compromise References Index

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Book SynopsisIt is estimated that at least 33 million people around the world have been displaced from their homes by war or persecution. Numerous studies have documented high rates of psychological distress among these survivors of extreme violence and forced migration, yet very few have access to clinic-based mental health care. In any case, clinic-based services cannot adequately address the constellation of displacement-related stressors that affect refugees daily, whether in a new region of their homeland or a new country--stressors such as social isolation, the loss of previously valued social roles, poverty and a lack of employment opportunities, and difficulties obtaining education and medical care. Additionally, many refugees from non-western societies find western methods of psychiatric and psychological healing culturally alien or stigmatizing, and therefore underutilize such services. This book brings together an international group of experts on the mental health of refugees Trade Review"The well-reasoned approach of the authors and the clear description of the application of this method of healing makes this an extraordinary book which is apt to be of interest to those with education in psychiatry as well as to those with a less technical background."—Doody's Electronic Journal"This book brings together an international group of experts on the mental health of refugees who have pioneered a new approach to treatment."—Institute for the Study of Human KnowledgeTable of ContentsContents: Preface. K.E. Miller, L.M. Rasco, An Ecological Framework for Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Refugee Communities. Part I: Programs in Africa and Asia.M. Wessells, C. Monteiro, Internally Displaced Angolans: A Child-Focused, Community-Based Intervention. J. Hubbard, N. Pearson, Sierra Leonean Refugees in Guinea: Addressing the Mental Health Effects of Massive Community Violence. W.A.C.M van de Put, M. Eisenbruch, Internally Displaced Cambodians: Healing Trauma in Communities. R. Tribe, Family Rehabilitation Centre Staff, Internally Displaced Sri Lankan War Widows: The Women's Empowerment Programme. K. Kostelny, M. Wessells, Internally Displaced East Timorese: Challenges and Lessons of Large-Scale Emergency Assistance. Part II: Programs in South and North America.J.E.B. Cuéllar, Internally Displaced Columbians: The Recovery of Victims of Political Violence Within a Psychosocial Framework. S. Weine, S. Feetham, Y. Kulauzovic, S. Besic, A. Lezic, A. Mujagic, J. Muzurovic, D. Spahovic, M. Zhubi, J. Rolland, I. Pavkovic, Bosnian and Kosovar Refugees in the United States: Family Interventions in a Services Framework. J. Goodkind, P. Hang, M. Yang, Hmong Refugees in the United States: A Community Based Advocacy and Learning Intervention. Part III: Critical Issues.J. Hubbard, K.E. Miller, Evaluating Ecological Mental Health Interventions in Refugee Communities. L.M. Rasco, K.E. Miller, Innovations, Challenges, and Critical Issues in the Development of Ecological Mental Health Interventions With Refugees.

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Book SynopsisExplores the gendered identities of two generations of men in the Shatila Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut. Gustavo Barbosa compares the fida'iyyin, the men who served as freedom fighters to reconquer Palestine in the 1970s, to the shabab, their sons who lead seemingly mundane lives with limited access to power.Table of Contents List of Illustrations, Tables, and Charts xi Acknowledgments xiii Acronyms xix Timeline: History of the Palestinian Diaspora in Lebanon xxi Introduction: Thinking through Water 1 1. Submerging: Under Siege 43 2. Drowning by Numbers and Legislation: Statistics and (Non)State Making in Shatila 73 3. Swirling and Twirling: The Fida’iyyin’s Heroism and the Shabab’s Burden 122 4. Pororoca, Thinking through Music: Fida’iyyin and Shabab Talk (Sometimes) Past Each Other 181 5. Reemerging: Noncockfights 236 6. Resurfacing: The Antilove of Empire 251 Glossary of Levantine Arabic Terms 273 References 285 Index 311

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