Refugees and political asylum Books
Emerald Publishing Limited Language, Teaching and Pedagogy for Refugee
Book SynopsisThis volume is focused on the core areas of imparting education to the refugee population and highlights the recent developments intended to meet an urgent need: that of the refugees who have no or very little previous schooling and who are in need of both language learning and furthering their studies for higher education. This book is designed to provide recognition to those who are working relentlessly towards imparting education to vulnerable people and giving them the tools they need to help withstand and recover from the effects of conflict and displacement. The chapters in this book speaks about some exemplary work done by individuals and institutions from Africa to Germany.Trade Review"The challenges to providing quality school and university education to refugees are complex and call for innovative yet cultural specific approaches. The contributors to Refugee Education: Language Teaching and Pedagogy have presented successful approaches to schooling, higher education and settlement that would enable refugees to assimilate into their new surroundings." -- Dr Rahul Ganguly,Senior Lecturer,(Special Education-Mathematics), University of Southern Queensland, Australia"Today, geographical mobility to enhance learning and career is normal because of the availability of knowledge and know-how. However, within this seemingly positive occurrence of human mobility across geographical boundaries, lies the often unacknowledged realities of the other extreme of the mobility continuum -- forced migration. Refugee related issues such as welfare, resettlement, employment and education require greater research and scrutiny. Of these critical is the need to ensure that refugees -- children and adults, are provided with enough opportunities to function meaningfully in the new society. Education is key to achieving this goal, particularly the acquisition of language literacies to succeed in the various environments -- school, higher education, workplace and everyday life. This volume on Refugee Education: Language Teaching and Pedagogy, carefully selected papers have been compiled that should be considered nations and systems that engage with and manage the crisis of humanity related to refugees and their human rights." -- Ganakumaran Subramaniam (PhD),Professor, Head of School,School of Education. University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus"We live in precarious times. International mobility has, by and large, become a conduit for the plethora of social issues associated with the global refugee crisis the planet is currently grappling with. Quality educational experiences is seen as a solution to curb the many socio-economic, socio-cultural, and psychosocial complications that stem from the crisis. This volume on 'Refugee Education -- Language Teaching and Pedagogy' is timely as it explores the many ways in which the various educational and language contexts are and can be intertwined to produce sustainable and conducive learning and teaching environments to enable the refugee community to better assimilate with their new realities." -- Dr Subarna Sivapalan,Senior Lecturer,Language & Communications. Head, Centre for Social Transformation for Sustainable Lifestyles (CSS). Institute for Sustainable Living, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia.Table of ContentsPart I: Seeking Higher Education 1. Introduction to Language, Teaching and Pedagogy for Refugee Education; Enakshi Sengupta and Patrick Blessinger 2. Conceptualising Higher Education Aspirations Formation Among Marginalised Migrant Youth in Johannesburg, South Africa; Faith Mkwananzi and Merridy Wilson-Strydom 3. Occupation-based Didatic Model for English Language Teaching to Refugees to Improve their Sustainability and Social Integration; Haydeé Ramírez Lozada 4. Postsecondary Education and the Full Integration of Government Assisted Refugees in Canada: A Direction for Program Innovation; Donald Reddick and Lisa Saddler 5. Literary Instruction Without Borders: Ideas for Developing Best-Practices for Reading Programs in Refugee Settings; Matt Thomas, Yuankun Yao, Katherine Landau Wright and Elizabeth Rutten-Turner 6. Start Ins Deutsche - Students Teach German to Refugees at Goethe University Frankfurt; Marika Gereke and Subin Nijhawan Part II: Technology and Higher Education 7. Refugees, Education and Disability: Addressing the Educational Needs of Arabic-Speaking Refugees with Learning Challenges; David Banes, Carine Allaf and Maggie Mitchell Salem 8. Adaptation of Conventional Technologies with Refugee Language Learners: An Overview of Possibilities; Heather Smyser 9. How Social Media Can Play a Role in an Education Context, in an Informal Refugee Camp in Europe; Kathy O' Hare 10. Reaching Refugees: Southern New Hampshire University's Project-Based Degree Model for Refugee Higher Education; Chrystina Russell and Nina Weaver 11. Creating a Borderless World of Education for Refugees; Enakshi Sengupta, Shai Reshef and Patrick Blessinger
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Vintage Publishing Who Gets Believed?: When the Truth Isn’t Enough
Book SynopsisThe prizewinning author of The Ungrateful Refugee asks who is believed in our society, who is not - and why?'An ambitious and moving exploration of the borders we draw around credible victimhood that will cement Nayeri's position as a master storyteller of the refugee experience' Guardian Dina Nayeri's wide-ranging, groundbreaking new book combines deep reportage with her own life experience to examine what constitutes believability in our society. Intent on exploring ideas of persuasion and performance, Nayeri takes us behind the scenes in emergency rooms, corporate boardrooms, asylum interviews and into her own family, to ask - where lies the difference between being believed and being dismissed? What does this mean for our culture?As personal as it is profound in its reflections on language, history, morality and compassion, Who Gets Believed? investigates the unspoken social codes that determine how we relate to one another.'An important, courageous, brilliant book'Robert Macfarlane, bestselling author of Underland'Dina Nayeri asks an incredibly important question, and the answers she finds are crucial for all of us'Oliver Bullough, bestselling author of Butler to the WorldTrade ReviewAn elegant telling of truth to power... published at a poignant moment * Observer *An important, courageous, brilliant book; an interrogation of "disbelief culture" and the injustice that both fuels it and is fuelled by it, a form-shifting memoir of an already-remarkable life, and a moving, harrowing investigation of love, loss and care. -- Robert Macfarlane, author of UNDERLANDI was hugely moved by this book ... Essential reading, an extraordinary labor of love and hope that is destined to become indispensable in the continuing struggle for justice. -- John Burnside, author of A LIE ABOUT MY FATHERInstantly gripping... an ambitious and moving exploration of the border we draw around credible victimhood, and will cement Nayeri's position as a master story teller of the refugee experience * Guardian *Nayeri's mesmerizing, genre-bending book braids together narratives of asylum seekers, exonerated felons, and religious converts ... Heartbreaking and hopeful. Reading this book will upend your preconceptions about who is worthy of belief, as writing it did for Nayeri herself. -- Amanda Frost, author of YOU ARE NOT AMERICAN: CITIZENSHIP STRIPPING FROM DRED SCOTT TO THE DREAMERSA compelling, generous, and distinctive inquiry into the nature of belief, credibility, and, above all, the deeply unjust and unequal societies in which we live. -- Chitra Ramaswamy, author of HOMELANDS: THE HISTORY OF A FRIENDSHIPA profound, gorgeous, devastating book, exhilarating in both its compassion and its contemplation of pain ... Who Gets Believed? is that rarest of creations, an original work about a condition in which we are all implicated. -- Jeff Sharlet, bestselling author of THE FAMILY and THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESSA truly remarkable book, where universal and deeply personal themes are powerfully interwoven ... A masterclass in storytelling, teasing out the crucial implications of 'who gets believed' for all of us. -- Steve Crawshaw, policy director at Freedom from Torture and author of STREET SPIRIT: THE POWER OF PROTEST AND MISCHIEF
£19.80
UCL Press Queer Migration and Asylum in Europe
Book SynopsisQueer Migration and Asylum in Europe brings together scholars from politics, sociology, urban studies, anthropology and law to analyse how and why queer individuals migrate to or seek asylum in Europe.
£23.75
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Women of the Somali Diaspora: Refugees,
Book SynopsisThis book is about Somali mothers and daughters who came to Britain in the 1990s to escape civil war. Many had never left Somalia before, followed nomadic traditions, did not speak English, were bereaved and were suffering from PTSD. Their stories begin with war and genocide in the north, followed by harrowing journeys via refugee camps, then their arrival and survival in London. Joanna Lewis exposes how they rapidly recovered, mobilising their networks, social capital and professional skills. Crucial to the recovery of the now breakaway state of (former British) Somaliland, these women bore a huge burden, but inspired the next generation, with many today caught between London and a humanitarian impulse to return home. Lewis reveals three histories. Firstly, the women's personal history, helping us to understand resilience as an individual, lived historical process that is both positive and negative, and both inter- and intra-generational.Secondly, a collective history of refugees as rebuilders, offering insight into the dynamism of the Somali diaspora. Finally, the forgotten history and hidden legacies of Britain's colonial past, which have played a key role in shaping this dramatic, sometimes upsetting, but always inspiring story: the power of women to heal the scars of war.Trade Review'A hugely compassionate book written with humanity.' -- Mary Harper, BBC Africa Editor, and author of 'Everything You Have Told Me Is True''The "go to" text for those wanting to understand the incredible strength of Somali women in the diaspora. Beautifully written, cleverly innovative, and powerfully reflective, this compelling and rich oral history allows the women to speak for themselves.' -- Kate Law, historian of African women and the former British Empire, and Research Fellow, Nottingham University'A richly researched book and a lucid account of the remarkable resilience of Somalis in the UK. Lewis provides much needed historical understanding of Somali presence in post-imperial Britain, elegantly linking the story to Britain’s colonial past.' -- Aparajita Mukhopadhyay, Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Imperial History, University of Kent'In this wonderful book, we hear the voices of Somali women like never before, and learn a deep respect for their resilience, which leads from the harsh life of pastoralism to the refugee camp, and the world of exile.' -- Christopher Clapham, Centre of African Studies, University of Cambridge, and author of 'The Horn of Africa''This powerful and moving book offers an intimate account of the strength and resilience of Somali women. Rich in its oral history, it is also a timely reminder of the deep historical connections between modern Britain and Somaliland.' -- Hannah Whittaker, Senior Lecturer in African History, Brunel University London'The Somali diaspora is one of Africa's largest but is often subject to a lot of misapprehension. With Women of the Somali Diaspora, Joanna Lewis animates the lives of women that we learn to admire for their resilience, their clarity, and their unconquerable spirits.' -- Ato Quayson, Jean G. and Morris M. Doyle Professor in Interdisciplinary Studies, Stanford University, and co-editor of 'A Companion to Diaspora and Transnationalism'
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Syria: The Making and Unmaking of a Refuge State
Book SynopsisThe dispossession and forced migration of nearly 50 per cent of Syria's population has produced the greatest refugee crisis since World War II. This new book places the current displacement within the context of the widespread migrations that have indelibly marked the region throughout the last 150 years. Syria itself has harboured millions from its neighbouring lands, and Syrian society has been shaped by these diasporas. Dawn Chatty explores how modern Syria came to be a refuge state, focusing first on the major forced migrations into Syria of Circassians, Armenians, Kurds, Palestinians, and Iraqis. Drawing heavily on individual narratives and stories of integration, adaptation, and compromise, she shows that a local cosmopolitanism came to be seen as intrinsic to Syrian society. She examines the current outflow of people from Syria to neighbouring states as individuals and families seek survival with dignity, arguing that though the future remains uncertain, the resilience and strength of Syrian society both displaced internally within Syria and externally across borders bodes well for successful return and reintegration. If there is any hope to be found in the Syrian civil war, it is in this history.Trade Review'[Chatty's] book examines the country's experience with migration through a mixture of source material and interviews with members of minority communities. A portrait emerges of a country that has been tolerant and generous to those seeking refuge.' * The Financial Times *‘Fascinating . . . Chatty’s work provides a valuable insight into Syria’s formation as a refugee state before it became the world’s biggest exporter of refugees.’ * International Affairs *'An admirably clear exposition of how and why Syria embraced millions of Muslim and Christian refugees from the disintegrating Ottoman Empire and how and why, in the current war, displaced Syrians were met with reciprocal hospitality in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan, but large-scale rejection in the West.' * Diana Darke, author of 'My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syria Crisis' *'Passionate and erudite, combining the intimacy of the anthropological eye with a broad historical sweep, Dawn Chatty tells the two-century story of Syria as a place of refuge. Beginning with Sultan Abdul Hamid’s creation of the muhajireen quarter of Damascus as a refuge for Muslims from Crete, Chatty further exposes the often-forgotten forced migrations of Muslims from the Balkans, Crimea, and the Caucasus; the story continues with the Armenians, Kurds, then the Palestinians and Iraqis. The last chapter recounts the tragedy of how Syrians have now become refugees from their own country.' * Raymond Hinnebusch, Professor, School of International Relations, University of St Andrews *'A very timely and insightful book. Tracing the arc of migration in and out of Syria in the last 150 years, Dawn Chatty offers a layered portrait of a modern nation whose cultural hybridity was until recently the source of its openness.' * Nasser Rabat, Aga Khan Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology *'Today half of the Syrian population is internally displaced or have fled, or left, for mainly neighbouring countries but also further afield. In this crisis we risk disregarding the rich humanitarian history of the country. Dawn Chatty’s timely book is devoted to that history when Bilad ash-Sham in the late Ottoman period, and Syria since World War I, received and welcomed refugees and uprooted people from within, as well as from without, the region. Based on long-term anthropological engagement in the region and with the people she writes about, this book is a very important contribution to regional ethnography and history and to the development of refugee studies.' * Annika Rabo, Professor of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University *
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd I Feel No Peace: Rohingya Fleeing Over Seas &
Book SynopsisRohingya men, women and children have been fleeing from their homes for forty years. The tipping point came in August 2017, when almost 700,000 were wrung from Myanmar in a single military operation. There are now very few members of this Muslim minority left in the country. Instead, they live mostly in Bangladesh's refugee camps; or precariously in Malaysia, India, Saudi Arabia and scatterings elsewhere. With the Rohingya almost entirely in exile, 'I Feel No Peace' is the first book-length exploration of what their existence abroad looks like. Journalist Kaamil Ahmed draws on hundreds of hours of interviews, and on relationships that he has built over years with Rohingya in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand and throughout the diaspora. He speaks to families who have had their children snatched, and people kidnapped to feed a system of human trafficking that is nourished by the community's suffering. Among the most disturbing and under-reported of his revelations is the complicit role of the UN and NGOs in the plight of the Rohingya. But Ahmed also describes stories of resilience and hope, painting a nuanced picture of how a scattered community survives. The characters of 'I Feel No Peace' are complex, heart-breaking and unforgettable.Trade Review'As Mr. Ahmed observes with heart-rending eloquence, the Rohingya have been, since 1982, a species of non-people in Myanmar … To read Mr. Ahmed’s invaluable book is to become overwhelmed with dread for the Rohingya.' -- The Wall Street Journal'['I Feel No Peace'] is effective at placing the recent exodus of Rohingya in its historical position: as something that had happened multiple times before, and will likely happen again. [...] [It is an] antidote for those who had any doubt of the inequality, desperation and injustice that characterises how the world treats refugees: silencing their voices and thereby making it easier to degrade them, and even ignore mounting death tolls.' -- Sally Hayden, The Irish Times'In prose that brims with empathy and humanity, Ahmed zooms in on individual lives to explain the breadth of this people's struggles.' -- Prospect'An in-depth exploration of the Rohingya in exile, their exploitation, quests for justice, and the apparent failures of world bodies such as the United Nations to protect them.' -- Al Jazeera'Deeply moving.' -- Nikkei Asia'An impressive mix of history, political analysis and extensive reportage from Myanmar, Bangladesh and Malaysia... The book gives a human angle to the refugee crisis and Ahmed's often tender portrayal, combined with a rightful anger for their treatment, is a must read.' -- Asian Review of Books'Ahmed's beautifully written... book weaves together the stories of Rohingya people who are not just buffeted by tragedy but are also agents in a struggle for justice... 'I Feel No Peace' is the opposite of the superficial glosses from reporters who dip into refugee camps for a few days.' -- Mekong Review'A moving account of the persecution, the suffering of Rohingya people, and their quest for justice and a dignified life in exile... The book lends a much-needed voice to the world's most silenced people.' -- Asia Sentinel‘An extraordinary – and depressing – picture of the Rohingya’s recent history … One book cannot solve the problem, but this one will help the reader understand it at the human level.’ -- Survival'This book goes to the heart of the eternal and under-reported suffering of the Rohingya. Forced out of what once was Burma and now is Myanmar, most are in exile in Bangladesh and beyond. An important story of our times.' -- Jon Snow'This book paints a deep, complicated and appalling picture: of one million people who have fled danger but now face immense risks from those they thought would protect them. While documenting the harm done by the UN and the Bangladeshi state, Ahmed humanises those normally dehumanised--the refugees.' -- Aditya Chakrabortty, 'The Guardian''A haunting and poetic, yet incisive and grounded, account of the tragedies that have befallen the Rohingya, of the realities of a people living almost entirely in exile, and of their struggles to maintain dignity and hope in the face of persecution and betrayal.' -- Kenan Malik, author, broadcaster and 'Observer' columnist'"I Feel No Peace" is a tender, forensic, harrowing and beautifully human portrait of the Rohingya, a people persecuted beyond measure. Ahmed has produced an exceptional work of journalism which promises to inspire change for the better.' -- Musa Okwonga, author, podcaster and musician'This is a remarkable and vivid testament to the results of Myanmar's genocide of the Rohingya. A striking portrait of a people forced on the run--in all their suffering, bravery and determination. A must-read.' -- Azeem Ibrahim, author of 'The Rohingyas' and 'Authoritarian Century''A strikingly urgent and necessary book, giving voice to the world's most silenced people. A fierce roar of resistance against the greed, racism and violence that have been largely ignored by the global community. This is a book to be read by all.' -- Zana Fraillon, author of 'The Bone Sparrow''Kaamil Ahmed is both a journalist and friend to many Rohingya. This is what makes his book come alive. With great detail, he tells the story of Myanmar's genocidal attacks, the diverse journeys of many refugees, as well the resilience of the Rohingya people.' -- John Quinley, Senior Human Rights Specialist, Fortify Rights'Kaamil Ahmed's book fills a glaring void in the literature on one of the world's worst examples of cruelty and dispossession. It promises to bring much-needed attention to the catastrophe of the Rohingya and deserves to be widely read.' -- Christopher Lamb, President, Australia Myanmar Institute'Readers wanting to learn about Rohingya refugees and understand the complexity of their current plight will not be disappointed by Ahmed's book, which provides both personal accounts of the Rohingya's unfathomable hardships and historical events that contextualise the protracted crisis.' -- Mary Shepard Wong, Professor in the Department of Sociology, Azusa Pacific University, and editor of 'Teaching for Peace and Social Justice in Myanmar'
£32.00
Emerald Publishing Limited Refugees in Higher Education: Debate, Discourse
Book SynopsisThis book examines the key debates relating to the rights, responsibilities, policies and practices of the higher education sector when dealing with students from refugee backgrounds. Exploring the political context of forced migration to countries of settlement, including the impact made by media rhetoric, Refugees in Higher Education identifies how such global issues frame and position the efforts of universities to open access to, and enable the participation of, refugee students. Focusing on the UK and Australia (representing a past colonising and a colonised country) and including a series of individual case studies, it asks challenging questions about the discourses around forced migration, and how these play out for students on a personal level. With unprecedented levels of forced migration, and the growing strength of anti-immigration arguments as more power is conceded to alt-right conservative governments, Refugees in Higher Education is both a timely and much-needed contribution to its field.Trade ReviewAgainst the background of the current global migration situation, Stevenson and Baker explore how providing refugees access to higher education influences the course their lives take. They cover key debates; widening participation to higher education systems in settlement countries; refugee students in higher education: a literature review; Aaliyah's story; Andy's story; Sadiya's story; institutional assumptions and other barriers to systemic, structural, and cultural change in higher education; and moving forward. They also clarify the differences in the humanitarian programs and practices in Britain and Australia, and discuss how these variations impact the capacity to access and participate in higher education in the two countries. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Key Debates Chapter 3. Widening Participation to Higher Education Systems in Settlement Countries Chapter 4. Refugee Students in Higher Education: A literature review Chapter 5. Aaliyah’s Story Chapter 6. Andy’s Story Chapter 7. Sadiya’s Story Chapter 8. Institutional Assumptions and Other Barriers to Systemic, Structural and Cultural Change in Higher Education Chapter 9. Moving Forward: What can we do?
£28.99
Emerald Publishing Limited Refugees in Higher Education: Debate, Discourse and Practice
Book SynopsisThis book examines the key debates relating to the rights, responsibilities, policies and practices of the higher education sector when dealing with students from refugee backgrounds. Exploring the political context of forced migration to countries of settlement, including the impact made by media rhetoric, Refugees in Higher Education identifies how such global issues frame and position the efforts of universities to open access to, and enable the participation of, refugee students. Focusing on the UK and Australia (representing a past colonising and a colonised country) and including a series of individual case studies, it asks challenging questions about the discourses around forced migration, and how these play out for students on a personal level. With unprecedented levels of forced migration, and the growing strength of anti-immigration arguments as more power is conceded to alt-right conservative governments, Refugees in Higher Education is both a timely and much-needed contribution to its field.Trade ReviewAgainst the background of the current global migration situation, Stevenson and Baker explore how providing refugees access to higher education influences the course their lives take. They cover key debates; widening participation to higher education systems in settlement countries; refugee students in higher education: a literature review; Aaliyah's story; Andy's story; Sadiya's story; institutional assumptions and other barriers to systemic, structural, and cultural change in higher education; and moving forward. They also clarify the differences in the humanitarian programs and practices in Britain and Australia, and discuss how these variations impact the capacity to access and participate in higher education in the two countries. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Key Debates Chapter 3. Widening Participation to Higher Education Systems in Settlement Countries Chapter 4. Refugee Students in Higher Education: A literature review Chapter 5. Aaliyah’s Story Chapter 6. Andy’s Story Chapter 7. Sadiya’s Story Chapter 8. Institutional Assumptions and Other Barriers to Systemic, Structural and Cultural Change in Higher Education Chapter 9. Moving Forward: What can we do?
£93.31
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Forced Migration, Gender and Wellbeing: The
Book SynopsisReflecting on three decades of post-conflict recovery in the Balkans, this incisive book investigates the long-term effects of war displacement on women across Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Kosovo.Selma Porobić and Brad K. Blitz draw upon four different research streams produced by a large, cross-national, and multidisciplinary team of contributors to compare the experiences of different categories of war-uprooted and/or women forced migrants. Providing a gender-inclusive focus on psychosocial wellbeing, chapters consider the long-term impacts of complex trauma on internally displaced persons, returnees, and refugees throughout the whole cycle of displacement, return, and reintegration. Uncovering alarming risk and protective factors linked to protracted political and socioeconomic instability in the region, the book ultimately offers lessons for a wider post-war recovery framework that prioritises women’s agency, psychosocial health, and trans-generational recovery.Featuring interdisciplinary, cross-country, and multi-methods research, this insightful book will prove an invaluable resource to students and scholars of psychology, sociology, migration, gender, and human rights law. Its critical assessment of durable solutions for displaced populations will also benefit practitioners focused on peace building, humanitarianism, and development.Trade Review‘Forced Migration, Gender and Wellbeing is a brave and much-needed study of the long term effects of the violent breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992. In the intervening years there are no longer any refugees, only unresolved traumatic experiences, problems of identity and self esteem and issues with gender equality. This is a much-needed work on understanding how the lived experience of violence and displacement impacted the wellbeing of men and women alike in Kosovo, Bosnia, and Serbia.’ -- Dawn Chatty, University of Oxford, UK‘The 1990s wars of Yugoslav succession have resulted in enormous human casualties and millions of displaced people. There are many general studies of this conflict, but we still lack in-depth knowledge on the gender dimension of forced migration. This comprehensive, -- innovative, and empirically meticulous study successfully fills this analytical gap.’– Siniša Malešević, University College Dublin, IrelandTable of ContentsContents: Preface xii 1 Introduction to Forced Migration, Gender and Wellbeing 1 Selma Porobić and Brad K. Blitz 2 The role of socio-demographic and mental health factors among women forced migrants in post-Yugoslav states 22 Anela Hasanagić, Siniša Volarević and Enver Gashi 3 Life histories of ethnic violence, displacement and recovery among women in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia 62 Selma Porobić and Gordana Balaban 4 Ethnography of everyday life among female forced migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia 87 Selma Porobić, Stef Jansen, Nina Bosankić and Ljiljana Đajić 5 Impact of social protection and psychosocial provision on integration of displaced women in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Kosovo 143 Jagoda Petrović, Danica Ćirić, Seb Bytyci and Driton Zequiri 6 Caught on the Balkan route: refugees from the Middle East, Africa and Asia 182 Ivana Ljuština and Min Ji Kim 7 Conclusion to Forced Migration, Gender and Wellbeing 196 Selma Porobić and Brad K. Blitz Epilogue 212 References 216 Index 232
£95.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Refugees, Civil Society and the State: European
Book SynopsisLudger Pries explores the important moral, social and political challenge facing Europe and the international community: the protection of refugees as one of the most vulnerable groups on the planet.Combining an in-depth analysis of current research, own empirical studies in several European countries, and a critical review of the policies of nation states as well as international and transnational organizations, the author analyses the 2015 so-called refugee crisis and its continuing impact. Who are the refugees, how and why did they come? Which parts of civil society were actively involved and why? What are the future responsibilities of the state for arriving refugees and their successful integration? This book examines the limitations of structural settings with perspectives on collective actors’ behaviour and strategies. Offering a critical view on the historical embedding of the refugee issue, as well as the current and future challenges for Europe, Pries provides an insightful overview of all aspects of the so-called European refugee crisis and its aftermath. Refugees, Civil Society and the State merges perspectives from political science and international relations with international humanitarian law, the sociology of migration and action theory. Scholars, journalists and political actors who want to further understand the ongoing challenge of refugee protection will greatly benefit from the distinguished author’s research.Trade Review'Ludger Pries uses three dyads to provide a sophisticated examination of the ''refugee crisis'' of 2015: the global dynamics of migration vs methodological nationalism, the evolution of European legal asylum instruments vs ''organized non-responsibility'' on the part of some political leaders and, finally, internationalist solidarity movements vs right-wing populism. The result is an insightful analysis of events hitherto obscured by sensationalist headlines.' --Robin Cohen, University of Oxford, UK'Ludger Pries shows how refugee flows are a symptom of a new transnational social question, revealing the weakness of the Common European Asylum framework, which has degenerated into a system of ''organised non-responsibility''. In global terms, the United Nations' refugee protection is breaking down, making new approaches essential. Pries' institutional sociology approach points to possible ways forward, based on involvement of civil society and social movements, and strategies to reduce inequality within and between nations.' --Stephen Castles, University of Sydney, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents 1. Challenges and opportunities of the refugee movement of 2015 in Europe 2. Arrival of refugees in the ‘hot autumn’ of 2015 3. ‘Refugee-crisis’ and social movement for refugee protection 4. The end of national autonomy and organised non-responsibility 5. The ‘causes’ of flight and refuge 6. Arrival – in Germany, in Europe and at oneself 7. Arrival and integration as participation with equal chances References Index
£95.00
Onwards and Upwards A Handful of Pennies: A refugee’s lifelong quest
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£10.99
Multilingual Matters Critical Reflections on Research Methods: Power
Book SynopsisThis book explores the challenges and opportunities involved in conducting research with members of immigrant, refugee and other minoritized communities. Through first-hand reflective accounts, contributors explore community-based collaborative work, and suggest important implications for applied linguistics, educational research and anthropological investigations of language, literacy and culture. By critically reflecting on the power and limits of university-based research conducted on behalf of, or in collaboration with, members of local communities and by exploring the complicated relationships, dynamics and understandings that emerge, the chapters collectively demonstrate the value of reflecting on the possibilities and challenges of the research process, including the ethical and emotional dimensions of participating in collaborative research.Trade ReviewThis gem of a book offers vivid and trenchant insights regarding the ongoing, ubiquitous ethical challenges inherent in qualitative research. The chapters reveal research dilemmas, scrutinize how linguistic and social inequalities shape research processes, and explore more transparent and humanizing approaches to data collection, analysis, and presentation. * Lesley Bartlett, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA *Finally we have a book that engages the messiness of research with, and in the service of, immigrant, refugee, and other minoritized communities. Addressing everyday challenges that emerge at all stages of the research process, this volume offers a vision for designing research that is responsive to the particular contexts of these communities. * Thea Renda Abu El-Haj, Barnard College, Columbia University, USA *Table of ContentsPart I: Language, Culture and Identity Chapter 1. Chatwara S. Duran: “I Have So Many Things to Tell You, but I Don’t Know English”: Linguistic Challenges and Language Brokering Chapter 2. Ayfer K. Gokalp: Revisiting our Understandings in Ethnographic Research Chapter 3. Christopher Browder: The Trouble with Operationalizing People: My Research with Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE) Chapter 4. Emily Feuerherm: A Researcher’s Coming-of-Age Through Participatory Action Research: The Intersection of Cultures, Identities and Institutions Part II: Researcher Roles and Reciprocity Chapter 5. Rosalva Lagunas: Doing Ethnographic Research as an Insider-Outsider: Reflections on Building Relationships and Doing Reciprocity Chapter 6. Sarah Young Knowles: Researcher-Participant Relationships in Cross-Language Research: Becoming Cultural and Linguistic Insiders Chapter 7. Nimo Abdi: Researching From the Margin: Challenges and Tensions of Doing Research within One’s Own Refugee Community Chapter 8. Daisy E. Fredricks: Working Towards and Humanizing Research Stance: Reflections on Modifying the Interview Process Part III: Relationships, Ethics, Power and Equity Chapter 9. Katie Bernstein: Ethics in Practice and Answerability in Complex, Multiparticipant Studies Chapter 10. Nicole Pettitt: Weaving Reciprocity in Research with(In) Immigrant and Refugee Communities Chapter 11. Kristen Perry: Anonymity, Vulnerability and Informed Consent: An Ethical-Methodological Tale Chapter 12. Katherine E. Morelli and Doris S. Warriner: The Emotional Dimensions of Qualitative Community-Driven Research: How Interactions and Relationships Shape Processes of Knowledge Production Chapter 13. Martha Bigelow, Jenna Cushing-Leubner, Mikow Hang, Luis Ortega, Shannon Pergament, Amy Shanafelt and Michele Allen: Perspectives on Power and Equity in Community Based Participatory Action Research Projects
£28.45
Multilingual Matters Critical Reflections on Research Methods: Power
Book SynopsisThis book explores the challenges and opportunities involved in conducting research with members of immigrant, refugee and other minoritized communities. Through first-hand reflective accounts, contributors explore community-based collaborative work, and suggest important implications for applied linguistics, educational research and anthropological investigations of language, literacy and culture. By critically reflecting on the power and limits of university-based research conducted on behalf of, or in collaboration with, members of local communities and by exploring the complicated relationships, dynamics and understandings that emerge, the chapters collectively demonstrate the value of reflecting on the possibilities and challenges of the research process, including the ethical and emotional dimensions of participating in collaborative research.Trade ReviewThis gem of a book offers vivid and trenchant insights regarding the ongoing, ubiquitous ethical challenges inherent in qualitative research. The chapters reveal research dilemmas, scrutinize how linguistic and social inequalities shape research processes, and explore more transparent and humanizing approaches to data collection, analysis, and presentation. * Lesley Bartlett, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA *Finally we have a book that engages the messiness of research with, and in the service of, immigrant, refugee, and other minoritized communities. Addressing everyday challenges that emerge at all stages of the research process, this volume offers a vision for designing research that is responsive to the particular contexts of these communities. * Thea Renda Abu El-Haj, Barnard College, Columbia University, USA *Table of ContentsPart I: Language, Culture and Identity Chapter 1. Chatwara S. Duran: “I Have So Many Things to Tell You, but I Don’t Know English”: Linguistic Challenges and Language Brokering Chapter 2. Ayfer K. Gokalp: Revisiting our Understandings in Ethnographic Research Chapter 3. Christopher Browder: The Trouble with Operationalizing People: My Research with Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE) Chapter 4. Emily Feuerherm: A Researcher’s Coming-of-Age Through Participatory Action Research: The Intersection of Cultures, Identities and Institutions Part II: Researcher Roles and Reciprocity Chapter 5. Rosalva Lagunas: Doing Ethnographic Research as an Insider-Outsider: Reflections on Building Relationships and Doing Reciprocity Chapter 6. Sarah Young Knowles: Researcher-Participant Relationships in Cross-Language Research: Becoming Cultural and Linguistic Insiders Chapter 7. Nimo Abdi: Researching From the Margin: Challenges and Tensions of Doing Research within One’s Own Refugee Community Chapter 8. Daisy E. Fredricks: Working Towards and Humanizing Research Stance: Reflections on Modifying the Interview Process Part III: Relationships, Ethics, Power and Equity Chapter 9. Katie Bernstein: Ethics in Practice and Answerability in Complex, Multiparticipant Studies Chapter 10. Nicole Pettitt: Weaving Reciprocity in Research with(In) Immigrant and Refugee Communities Chapter 11. Kristen Perry: Anonymity, Vulnerability and Informed Consent: An Ethical-Methodological Tale Chapter 12. Katherine E. Morelli and Doris S. Warriner: The Emotional Dimensions of Qualitative Community-Driven Research: How Interactions and Relationships Shape Processes of Knowledge Production Chapter 13. Martha Bigelow, Jenna Cushing-Leubner, Mikow Hang, Luis Ortega, Shannon Pergament, Amy Shanafelt and Michele Allen: Perspectives on Power and Equity in Community Based Participatory Action Research Projects
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Multilingual Matters Decolonising Multilingualism: Struggles to
Book SynopsisWhat if my own multilingualism is simply that of one who is fluent in way too many colonial languages? If we are going to do this, if we are going to decolonise multilingualism, let’s do it as an attempt at a way of doing it. If we are going to do this, let’s cite with an eye to decolonising. If we are going to do this then let’s improvise and devise. This is how we might learn the arts of decolonising. If we are going to do this then we need different companions. If we are going to do this we will need artists and poetic activists. If we are going to do this, let’s do it in a way which is as local as it is global; which affirms the granulations of the way peoples name their worlds. Finally, if we are going to do this, let’s do it multilingually.Trade ReviewA powerful call to decolonise knowledge and resist structures of violence through critical, poetic activism, by unlearning, dialoguing, and embodying the pain and potentialities of de-creation across and between languages, times and spaces. * Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, University College London, UK *Decolonising Multilingualism is a beautifully written, deeply personal and intimate account of what it means to decentre and give up power. None of us can step outside our histories, our skin colour, the structural inequalities that position us in ways that are both privileged and uncomfortable. But by engaging with, and reflecting upon, how these contexts and power relations influence our work with others, this little book is both liberating and challenges us to do better. * Heaven Crawley, Coventry University, UK *Freire says the role of the colonised is to decolonise the coloniser – Alison Phipps shares her personal journey of such experiences that not only decolonise her but also reveal the hurts and pains of the colonised communities and the gentle wisdom of the lands that offer unconditional healing. These could be stories about courage and vulnerability, but for me I see them as doing what needs to be done: to whakatika (rectify wrongs), with aroha (unconditional love), and discover truth is held in what truly matters – whakapono (faith). * Piki Diamond, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand *This is a very timely contribution by Alison Phipps. We live in unprecedented times of divisions. Walls and barriers are raised to keep people and nations apart. People who have so much in common including shared languages. In this book, Alison reminds us of the connecting power of languages and multilingualism. She talks about the languages and traditions left behind by those forced to flee their homes and the rich heritage of languages they can bring to their adopted homes. * Sabir Zazai, CEO of Scottish Refugee Council, UK *This collection of chapters and musings represents excellent material to prompt discussions with colleagues (both linguists and non-linguists) and with students, in order to keep questioning Whiteness in research, how to unlearn the ways of the academy, how to decreate when we work in classrooms and share knowledge in writing, and how to bridge our learning and teaching selves. -- Camille Jacob, University of Portsmouth, UK * BAAL News, Issue 117, Summer 2020 *With ‘Decolonising Multilingualism: Struggles to Decreate’ Alison Phipps has written a very personal, insightful and passionate account of her efforts to understand the situation of multilingual refugees and migrants and given voice to them. -- Karin Zotzmann, University of Southampton, UK * Language and Intercultural Communication, 2019 *Phipps provides readers with much inspiration on how to do research and teach multilingually in a more reflexive way. As Phipps applies many of the working practices set out in the opening Manifesto that guides her work, the book provides an excellent example of what decolonising multilingual approaches can constitute in practice. As an early career researcher, I also consider Phipps’ book as symbolically important. Many of us may be struggling with questions relating to working in a ‘decolonised’ way, but may not have the freedom or academic authority to confidently attempt new ways of researching and teaching multilingually. Phipps’ book is a first important step towards reshaping some of our working practices. Having an established academic take the lead can encourage and help emerging scholars find their own answers to some of these difficult issues. -- Wine Tesseur Dublin City University, Ireland * The Translator, 2019 *Decolonising Multilingualism is a potent, passionate, and important warning, an act of witnessing, and a voice of true reason amid the globalized race for profit in linguistic and symbolic commodities. -- David Gramling, University of Arizona, USA * Critical Multilingualism Studies, 7:3 *I’ve been asked to review the best book I’ve read in recent years on language. Hands down, it’s this book. This is a book by an academic, but it made me cry. This is not a Christian book, but it moved my spirit. It’s not a big book, but it is large, if you get the difference. -- Andy McCullough * Unreached Network, October 21st 2021 *Table of ContentsPart 1: Decolonising the Multilingual Body Chapter 1. Deep Pain is Language Destroying Chapter 2. More than One Voice Part II: Decolonising the Multilingual Heart Chapter 3. Hospitality – Well Come Chapter 4. Attending to the Gist Chapter 5. Waiting Chapter 6. Waiting Brides Chapter 7. Waiting Bodies Chapter 8. Screens Chapter 9. Parting Gifts Chapter 10. Muted and Hyphenated Part III: Decolonising the Multilingual Mind Chapter 11. ‘Chitsva chiri mutsoka - Gifts are in the Feet’ Chapter 12. Mihi Chapter 13. Te Reo -The Māori Language Chapter 14. Conclusions
£9.95
Multilingual Matters Decolonising Multilingualism: Struggles to
Book SynopsisWhat if my own multilingualism is simply that of one who is fluent in way too many colonial languages? If we are going to do this, if we are going to decolonise multilingualism, let’s do it as an attempt at a way of doing it. If we are going to do this, let’s cite with an eye to decolonising. If we are going to do this then let’s improvise and devise. This is how we might learn the arts of decolonising. If we are going to do this then we need different companions. If we are going to do this we will need artists and poetic activists. If we are going to do this, let’s do it in a way which is as local as it is global; which affirms the granulations of the way peoples name their worlds. Finally, if we are going to do this, let’s do it multilingually.Trade ReviewA powerful call to decolonise knowledge and resist structures of violence through critical, poetic activism, by unlearning, dialoguing, and embodying the pain and potentialities of de-creation across and between languages, times and spaces. * Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, University College London, UK *Decolonising Multilingualism is a beautifully written, deeply personal and intimate account of what it means to decentre and give up power. None of us can step outside our histories, our skin colour, the structural inequalities that position us in ways that are both privileged and uncomfortable. But by engaging with, and reflecting upon, how these contexts and power relations influence our work with others, this little book is both liberating and challenges us to do better. * Heaven Crawley, Coventry University, UK *Freire says the role of the colonised is to decolonise the coloniser – Alison Phipps shares her personal journey of such experiences that not only decolonise her but also reveal the hurts and pains of the colonised communities and the gentle wisdom of the lands that offer unconditional healing. These could be stories about courage and vulnerability, but for me I see them as doing what needs to be done: to whakatika (rectify wrongs), with aroha (unconditional love), and discover truth is held in what truly matters – whakapono (faith). * Piki Diamond, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand *This is a very timely contribution by Alison Phipps. We live in unprecedented times of divisions. Walls and barriers are raised to keep people and nations apart. People who have so much in common including shared languages. In this book, Alison reminds us of the connecting power of languages and multilingualism. She talks about the languages and traditions left behind by those forced to flee their homes and the rich heritage of languages they can bring to their adopted homes. * Sabir Zazai, CEO of Scottish Refugee Council, UK *This collection of chapters and musings represents excellent material to prompt discussions with colleagues (both linguists and non-linguists) and with students, in order to keep questioning Whiteness in research, how to unlearn the ways of the academy, how to decreate when we work in classrooms and share knowledge in writing, and how to bridge our learning and teaching selves. -- Camille Jacob, University of Portsmouth, UK * BAAL News, Issue 117, Summer 2020 *With ‘Decolonising Multilingualism: Struggles to Decreate’ Alison Phipps has written a very personal, insightful and passionate account of her efforts to understand the situation of multilingual refugees and migrants and given voice to them. -- Karin Zotzmann, University of Southampton, UK * Language and Intercultural Communication, 2019 *Phipps provides readers with much inspiration on how to do research and teach multilingually in a more reflexive way. As Phipps applies many of the working practices set out in the opening Manifesto that guides her work, the book provides an excellent example of what decolonising multilingual approaches can constitute in practice. As an early career researcher, I also consider Phipps’ book as symbolically important. Many of us may be struggling with questions relating to working in a ‘decolonised’ way, but may not have the freedom or academic authority to confidently attempt new ways of researching and teaching multilingually. Phipps’ book is a first important step towards reshaping some of our working practices. Having an established academic take the lead can encourage and help emerging scholars find their own answers to some of these difficult issues. -- Wine Tesseur Dublin City University, Ireland * The Translator, 2019 *Decolonising Multilingualism is a potent, passionate, and important warning, an act of witnessing, and a voice of true reason amid the globalized race for profit in linguistic and symbolic commodities. -- David Gramling, University of Arizona, USA * Critical Multilingualism Studies, 7:3 *I’ve been asked to review the best book I’ve read in recent years on language. Hands down, it’s this book. This is a book by an academic, but it made me cry. This is not a Christian book, but it moved my spirit. It’s not a big book, but it is large, if you get the difference. -- Andy McCullough * Unreached Network, October 21st 2021 *Table of ContentsPart 1: Decolonising the Multilingual Body Chapter 1. Deep Pain is Language Destroying Chapter 2. More than One Voice Part II: Decolonising the Multilingual Heart Chapter 3. Hospitality – Well Come Chapter 4. Attending to the Gist Chapter 5. Waiting Chapter 6. Waiting Brides Chapter 7. Waiting Bodies Chapter 8. Screens Chapter 9. Parting Gifts Chapter 10. Muted and Hyphenated Part III: Decolonising the Multilingual Mind Chapter 11. ‘Chitsva chiri mutsoka - Gifts are in the Feet’ Chapter 12. Mihi Chapter 13. Te Reo -The Māori Language Chapter 14. Conclusions
£29.95
Berghahn Books Germany On Their Minds: German Jewish Refugees in
Book Synopsis Throughout the 1930s and early 1940s, approximately ninety thousand German Jews fled their homeland and settled in the United States, prior to that nation closing its borders to Jewish refugees. And even though many of them wanted little to do with Germany, the circumstances of the Second World War and the postwar era meant that engagement of some kind was unavoidable—whether direct or indirect, initiated within the community itself or by political actors and the broader German public. This book carefully traces these entangled histories on both sides of the Atlantic, demonstrating the remarkable extent to which German Jews and their former fellow citizens helped to shape developments from the Allied war effort to the course of West German democratization.Trade Review “… a rich, multilayered account that includes a variety of perspectives, experiences, and reactions to Germany by a diverse community of refugees.” • Studies In Contemporary Jewry “This is a solid, comprehensive study of German-Jewish refugees in the United States, especially in Los Angeles and New York. It is probing and judicious.” • Michael A. Meyer, Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of ReligionTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Background Chapter 2. Americanization before 1941 Chapter 3. The Enemy Alien Classification, 1941–1944 Chapter 4. German Jewish Refugees in the U.S. Military Chapter 5. German Jewish Refugees and the Discourse on Germany's Future, 1942–1945 Chapter 6. German Jewish Refugees and the West German Foreign Office in the 1950s and 1960s Chapter 7. German Jewish Refugee Travel to Germany and West German Municipal Visitor Programs Conclusion: Germany on Their Minds? Index
£94.05
Berghahn Books Gender, Violence, Refugees
Book Synopsis Providing nuanced accounts of how the social identities of men and women, the context of displacement and the experience or manifestation of violence interact, this collection offers conceptual analyses and in-depth case studies to illustrate how gender relations are affected by displacement, encampment and return. The essays show how these factors lead to various forms of direct, indirect and structural violence. This ranges from discussions of norms reflected in policy documents and practise, the relationship between relief structures and living conditions in camps, to forced military recruitment and forced return, and covers countries in Africa, Asia and Europe.Trade Review “At a time when war is one of many causes of forced displacement, Gender, Violence, Refugees is an essential volume. The work’s chapters will encourage the reader to question her assumptions about forced migration, produce new avenues for research, and incentivize humanitarian interventions that do not reproduce stereotypes of refugee communities but rather incorporate ‘bottom-up’ approaches informed by the unique experiences and the long trajectories of migrants.” • Border Criminologies Blog, University of Oxford “There is much to commend in this book [that] is rich in both conceptual analysis and ethnographic detail… The collection represents a welcome addition to the literature because of the variety of analytical and disciplinary perspectives it employs to focus on the SGBV (sexual and gender-based violence) experienced by refugees and forced migrants in contexts that have, thus far, received insufficient academic attention.” • Journal of Refugee Studies “…an excellent read and contribution to the fields of refugee and gender studies…[that] should be a required reading for graduate students and scholars of (forced) migration and policymakers working with displaced populations.” • Gender & Society “As a collection, Gender, Violence, Refugees provide a crucial perspective from which to analyze and develop policy to address the challenge of forced migration now facing much of our world. With its emphasis on how gender affects the experience of refugees, the authors urgently point our attention to the often understudied and overlooked challenges of gender on migrant status, protection, economic stability, and continued vulnerability to violence for refugees and returnees.” • RefugeTable of Contents List of Tables Acknowledgements Gender, Violence, Refugees. An Introduction Susanne Buckley-Zistel and Ulrike Krause SECTION I: CONCEPTUALISING GENDER, VIOLENCE, REFUGEES Chapter 1. UNHCR Policy on Refugee Women: A 25-Year Retrospective Susan F. Martin Chapter 2. Victims of Chaos and Subaltern Sexualities? Some Reflections on Common Assumptions about Displacement and the Prevalence of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Simon Turner Chapter 3. Refugees, Global Governance and the Local Politics of Violence against Women Elisabeth Olivius Chapter 4. ‘Solidarity’ and ‘Gender Equality’ as a Discourse of Violence in Sweden: Exclusion of Refugees by the Decent Citizen Emma Mc Cluskey Chapter 5. Spatializing Inequalities: The Situation of Women in Refugee Centres in Germany Melanie Hartmann Chapter 6. ‘Faithing’ Gender and Responses to Violence in Refugee Communities: Insights from the Sahrawi Refugee Camps and the Democratic Republic of Congo Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Chloé Lewis and Georgia Cole Chapter 7. Formidable Intersections: Forced Migration, Gender and Livelihoods Dale Buscher SECTION II: EXPERIENCING GENDER, VIOLENCE, REFUGE Chapter 8. Escaping Conflicts and Being Safe? Post-conflict Refugee Camps and the Continuum of Violence Ulrike Krause Chapter 9. Lost Boys, Invisible Girls: Children, Gendered Violence in Wartime and Displacement in South Sudan Marisa O. Ensor Chapter 10. Military Recruitment of Sudanese Refugee Men in Uganda: a Tale of National Patronage and International Failure Maja Janmyr Chapter 11. Gender, Violence, and Deportation: Angola’s Forced Return of Congolese Migrant Workers Alexander Betts Chapter 12. The Romance of Return: Post-exile Lives and Interpersonal Violence Over Land in Burundi Barbra Lukunka Index
£23.95
Berghahn Books Refugees Welcome?: Difference and Diversity in a
Book Synopsis The arrival in 2015 and 2016 of over one million asylum seekers and refugees in Germany had major social consequences and gave rise to extensive debates about the nature of cultural diversity and collective life. This volume examines the responses and implications of what was widely seen as the most significant and contested social change since German reunification in 1990. It combines in-depth studies based on anthropological fieldwork with analyses of the longer trajectories of migration and social change. Its original conclusions have significance not only for Germany but also for the understanding of diversity and difference more widely.Trade Review “The achievement of the book and what makes it different to many other works tackling the ‘refugee crisis’ is its focus on the ambivalence of direction… It thereby moves the discussion away from the reductionist representations of the ‘refugee crisis’ commonly promoted in public discourse, toward acknowledgement of the complexity of the topic. This deconstruction effort also allows for an informed and qualified exploration of current and future avenues for change.” • Anthropology Matters “The volume achieves its coherence through numerous cross-references of the articles, comparison of competing interpretations, as well as the outstanding introduction and conclusion…The volume impresses through its topicality, its throughout intense discussion of current scholarship, its interdisciplinary approach, and the breadth of the targeted readership. It offers an excellent introduction to this topic for the English-language readers.” • German Studies Review Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Making, Experiencing and Managing Difference in a Changing Germany Jan-Jonathan Bock and Sharon Macdonald PART I: MAKING GERMANS AND NON-GERMANS Chapter 1. Language as Battleground: ‘Speaking’ the Nation, Lingual Citizenship and Diversity Management in Post-unification Germany Uli Linke Chapter 2. Diversity and Unity: Political and Conceptual Answers to Experiences of Differences and Diversities in Germany Friedrich Heckmann Chapter 3. Jews, Muslims and the Ritual Male Circumcision Debate: Religious Diversity and Social Inclusion in Germany Gökce Yurdakul PART II: POTENTIAL FOR CHANGE Chapter 4. Islam, Vernacular Culture and Creativity in Stuttgart Petra Kuppinger Chapter 5. ‘Neukölln Is Where I Live, It’s Not Where I’m From’: Children of Migrants Navigating Belonging in a Rapidly Changing Urban Space in Berlin Carola Tize and Ria Reis Chapter 6. The Post-migrant Paradigm Naika Foroutan PART III: REFUGEE ENCOUNTERS Chapter 7. New Year’s Eve, Sexual Violence and Moral Panics: Ruptures and Continuities in Germany’s Integration Regime Kira Kosnick Chapter 8. Solidarity with Refugees: Negotiations of Proximity and Memory Serhat Karakayalı Chapter 9. Negotiating Cultural Difference in Dresden’s Pegida Movement and Berlin’s Refugee Church Jan-Jonathan Bock PART IV: NEW INITIATIVES AND DIRECTIONS Chapter 10. Interstitial Agents: Negotiating Migration and Diversity in Theatre Jonas Tinius Chapter 11. Articulating a Noncitizen Politics: Nation-State Pity vs. Democratic Inclusion Damani J. Partridge Chapter 12. The Refugees-Welcome Movement: A New Form of Political Action Werner Schiffauer Conclusion: Refugee Futures and the Politics of Difference Sharon Macdonald Index
£82.50
Berghahn Books Refugees Welcome?: Difference and Diversity in a
Book Synopsis The arrival in 2015 and 2016 of over one million asylum seekers and refugees in Germany had major social consequences and gave rise to extensive debates about the nature of cultural diversity and collective life. This volume examines the responses and implications of what was widely seen as the most significant and contested social change since German reunification in 1990. It combines in-depth studies based on anthropological fieldwork with analyses of the longer trajectories of migration and social change. Its original conclusions have significance not only for Germany but also for the understanding of diversity and difference more widely.Trade Review “The achievement of the book and what makes it different to many other works tackling the ‘refugee crisis’ is its focus on the ambivalence of direction… It thereby moves the discussion away from the reductionist representations of the ‘refugee crisis’ commonly promoted in public discourse, toward acknowledgement of the complexity of the topic. This deconstruction effort also allows for an informed and qualified exploration of current and future avenues for change.” • Anthropology Matters “The volume achieves its coherence through numerous cross-references of the articles, comparison of competing interpretations, as well as the outstanding introduction and conclusion…The volume impresses through its topicality, its throughout intense discussion of current scholarship, its interdisciplinary approach, and the breadth of the targeted readership. It offers an excellent introduction to this topic for the English-language readers.” • German Studies Review Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Making, Experiencing and Managing Difference in a Changing Germany Jan-Jonathan Bock and Sharon Macdonald PART I: MAKING GERMANS AND NON-GERMANS Chapter 1. Language as Battleground: ‘Speaking’ the Nation, Lingual Citizenship and Diversity Management in Post-unification Germany Uli Linke Chapter 2. Diversity and Unity: Political and Conceptual Answers to Experiences of Differences and Diversities in Germany Friedrich Heckmann Chapter 3. Jews, Muslims and the Ritual Male Circumcision Debate: Religious Diversity and Social Inclusion in Germany Gökce Yurdakul PART II: POTENTIAL FOR CHANGE Chapter 4. Islam, Vernacular Culture and Creativity in Stuttgart Petra Kuppinger Chapter 5. ‘Neukölln Is Where I Live, It’s Not Where I’m From’: Children of Migrants Navigating Belonging in a Rapidly Changing Urban Space in Berlin Carola Tize and Ria Reis Chapter 6. The Post-migrant Paradigm Naika Foroutan PART III: REFUGEE ENCOUNTERS Chapter 7. New Year’s Eve, Sexual Violence and Moral Panics: Ruptures and Continuities in Germany’s Integration Regime Kira Kosnick Chapter 8. Solidarity with Refugees: Negotiations of Proximity and Memory Serhat Karakayalı Chapter 9. Negotiating Cultural Difference in Dresden’s Pegida Movement and Berlin’s Refugee Church Jan-Jonathan Bock PART IV: NEW INITIATIVES AND DIRECTIONS Chapter 10. Interstitial Agents: Negotiating Migration and Diversity in Theatre Jonas Tinius Chapter 11. Articulating a Noncitizen Politics: Nation-State Pity vs. Democratic Inclusion Damani J. Partridge Chapter 12. The Refugees-Welcome Movement: A New Form of Political Action Werner Schiffauer Conclusion: Refugee Futures and the Politics of Difference Sharon Macdonald Index
£26.55
Berghahn Books Mobile Urbanity: Somali Presence in Urban East
Book Synopsis The increased presence of Somalis has brought much change to East African towns and cities in recent decades, change that has met with ambivalence and suspicion, especially within Kenya. This volume demystifies Somali residence and mobility in urban East Africa, showing its historical depth, and exploring the social, cultural and political underpinnings of Somali-led urban transformation. In so doing, it offers a vivid case study of the transformative power of (forced) migration on urban centres, and the intertwining of urbanity and mobility. The volume will be of interest for readers working in the broader field of migration, as well as anthropology and urban studies.Trade Review “Despite its theoretical understatement, the work develops significant ethnographic insights into the ways in which migrants and cities constantly remake each other in conjunction with the circulation of goods, discourses, and ideas. The volume’s focus on eastern Africa makes it a must-read for regionally focused urbanists. It also raises questions for further research on how eastern Africa’s mobile urbanity might be connecting in new ways to urban lives beyond Africa.” • JRAI “This book is a microcosm of the broader processes that reinforce urban mobilities at the local levels…[It] contributes to a better understanding of these dynamics and reveals the constant state of mobility within urban areas.” • City and Society “This book is a vital resource to Anthropologists, Historians, Tourists, Educators and Students, Economists and Business enthusiasts…Overall, a detailed story of Somali mobile urbanity in East Africa is well written and presented in a readable, scholarly, and entertaining style.” • Ethnic & Racial Studies “This is an important book and one that is sorely needed… it corrects a misperception that Somalis are mainly pastoralists, when in fact they have a long tradition of living in towns and engaging in non-pastoral livelihoods, such as commerce.” • Peter D. Little, Emory UniversityTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations PART I: INTRODUCTIONS Introduction: Mobile Urbanity: Somali Presence in Urban East Africa Tabea Scharrer and Neil Carrier Interlude: Being and Becoming Mobile Yusuf Hassan PART II: URBANITY Chapter 1. The Somali Factor in Urban Kenya: A History Hannah Whittaker Chapter 2. The Port and the Island: Cosmopolitan and Vernacular Identity Constructions among Somali Women in Nairobi and Johannesburg Nereida Ripero-Muñiz Chapter 3. Being Oromo in Nairobi’s ‘Little Mogadishu’: Superdiversity, Moral Community and the Open Economy Neil Carrier and Hassan H. Kochore PART III: ECONOMIC NETWORKS Chapter 4. Demanding and Commanding Goods: The Eastleigh Transformation Told through the ‘Lives’ of Its Commodities Neil Carrier and Hannah Elliott Chapter 5. Capital Mobilization among the Somali Refugee Business Community in Eastleigh, Nairobi John Mwangi Githigaro and Kenneth Omeje Chapter 6. Challenging the Status Quo from the Bottom Up? Gender and Enterprise in Somali Migrant Communities in Nairobi, Kenya Holly A. Ritchie Chapter 7. Reinventing Retail: ‘Somali’ Shopping Centres in Kenya Tabea Scharrer PART IV: THE POLITICS OF SOMALI MOBILITY Chapter 8. Perpetually in Transit: Somalian Refugees in a Context of Increasing Hostility Lucy Lowe and Mark Yarnell Chapter 9. Framing the Swoop: A Comparative Analysis of Operation Usalama Watch in Muslim and Secular Print Media in Kenya Joseph Wandera and Halkano Abdi Wario Chapter 10. Beyond Eastleigh: A New Little Mogadishu in Uganda? Gianluca Iazzolino Afterword Günther Schlee Glossary Index
£89.10
Berghahn Books Grace after Genocide: Cambodians in the United
Book Synopsis Grace after Genocide is the first comprehensive ethnography of Cambodian refugees, charting their struggle to transition from life in agrarian Cambodia to survival in post-industrial America, while maintaining their identities as Cambodians. The ethnography contrasts the lives of refugees who arrived in America after 1975, with their focus on Khmer traditions, values, and relations, with those of their children who, as descendants of the Khmer Rouge catastrophe, have struggled to become Americans in a society that defines them as different. The ethnography explores America’s mid-twentieth-century involvement in Southeast Asia and its enormous consequences on multiple generations of Khmer refugees.Trade Review “Drawing on three and a half decades of intensive ethnographic research, anthropologist Mortland has provided a fascinating, clearly written, comprehensive account of the Cambodian American population…This remarkable book should be required reading for anyone with an interest in the changing US population. An outstanding work…Essential.” • Choice “Having read her work, I have a stronger understanding of the Cambodian experience and of decolonized ethnography as a methodology.” • JASO “Nothing really prepared me for the ambition and comprehensiveness of Grace after Genocide. It is hard to imagine that we are going to get a more thorough overview of Cambodians in the US than with Mortland’s book—which addresses not just the broad pattern of how these Cambodians deal with their history, but all the nitty gritty details of refugee agencies, sponsorship, welfare and work, and the ins and outs of community organization.” • John Marston, The College of MexicoTable of Contents Dedication Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction: From Cambodians to Refugees Chapter 1. Being in America Chapter 2. Economic Survival Chapter 3. Refugee Litanies Chapter 4. Resettlement Realities Chapter 5. Family Chapter 6. Parents and Children Chapter 7. Community Chapter 8. Religion Chapter 9. Health Chapter 10. Homeland Chapter 11. Preserving Culture Chapter 12. Beyond Refugees Bibliography Index
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Berghahn Books Structures of Protection?: Rethinking Refugee
Book Synopsis Questioning what shelter is and how we can define it, this volume brings together essays on different forms of refugee shelter, with a view to widening public understanding about the lives of forced migrants and developing theoretical understanding of this oft-neglected facet of the refugee experience. Drawing on a range of disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, law, architecture, and history, each of the chapters describes a particular shelter and uses this to open up theoretical reflections on the relationship between architecture, place, politics, design and displacement.Trade Review “While there has been an exponential growth in the literature on refugees and forced migration over the past decade, the issue of shelter has received very little attention. This volume fills that important gap in an admirable manner.” • Jeff Crisp, University of Oxford “This is a very good collection that is engaging, clear in its focus, and wide-ranging in the cases and examples it covers. The broad and inclusive category of ‘shelter’ is applied well to pull together the various contributions and offers a novel way of examining questions of protection, displacement, and accommodation.” • Jonathan Darling, Durham UniversityTable of Contents List of Figures Introduction: Places of Partial Protection: Refugee Shelter since 2015 Tom Scott-Smith Part I: Shelter, Containment and Mobility Chapter 1. Moving, Containing, Displacing: The Shipping Container as Refugee Shelter Hanna Baumann Chapter 2. At the Edge: Containment and the Construction of Europe Cetta Mainwaring Chapter 3. Shifting Shelters: Migrants, Mobility and the Making of Open Centres in Malta Marthe Achtnich Chapter 4. Moria: Anti-shelter and the Spectacle of Deterrence Daniel Howden Chapter 5. Moria Hotspot: Shelter as a Politically Crafted Materiality of Neglect Polly Pallister-Wilkins Chapter 6. Architectures of Trauma: Forced Shelter and the Impact of Immigration Detention Petra Molnar Chapter 7. Settling the Unsettled: Forced Shelter in the Negev Desert Renana Ne’eman Part II: Shelter, Resistance and Solidarity Chapter 8. The Contingent Camp: Struggling for Shelter in Calais, France Maria Hagan Chapter 9. Sounding the Shelter, Voicing the Squat: The Sonic Politics of Refugee Shelter in Athens Tom Western Chapter 10. Redignifying Refugees: A Critical Study of Citizen-Run Shelters in Athens Ashley Mehra Chapter 11. A More Personal Shelter: How Citizens Are Hosting Forced Migrants in and Around Brussels Robin Vandevoordt Chapter 12. Life in the Aluminium Whale: A Study of Berlin’s ICC shelter Holly Young Chapter 13. Structures to Shelter the Mind: Refugee Housing and Mental Wellbeing in Berlin Esther Schroeder Goh Part III: Architecture, Design and Displacement Chapter 14. Protection or isolation? Humanitarian Evacuees in Australian Quarantine Stations Benjamin Thomas White Chapter 15. Silos in Trieste: A Historical Shelter for Displaced People Roberta Altin Chapter 16. Flexible Shelters, Modular Meanings: The Lives and Afterlives of Danish ‘Refugee Villages’ Zachary Whyte and Michael Ulfstjerne Chapter 17. Shelter as Cladding: Resourcefulness, Improvisation and Refugee-Led Innovation in Goudoubo Camp Craig Martin, Jamie Cross, and Arno Verhoeven Chapter 18. Adhocism, Agency and Emergency Shelters: On Architectural Nuclei of Life in Displacement Irit Katz Chapter 19. Social Media, Shelter and Resilience: Design in Za’atari Refugee Camp Diane Fellows Chapter 20. Confinement, Power and Permanence in Informal Refugee Spaces: Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Faten Kikano Chapter 21. From Emergency Shelter to Community Shelter: Berlin’s Tempelhof Refugee Camp Toby Parsloe Conclusion: Towards Better Shelter: Rethinking Humanitarian Sheltering Mark E. Breeze Index
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Berghahn Books The Myth of Self-Reliance: Economic Lives Inside
Book Synopsis For many refugees, economic survival in refugee camps is extraordinarily difficult. Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative research , this volume challenges the reputation of a ‘self-reliant’ model given to Buduburam refugee camp in Ghana and sheds light on considerable economic inequality between refugee households.By following the same refugee households over several years, The Myth of Self-Reliance also provides valuable insights into refugees’ experiences of repatriation to Liberia after protracted exile and their responses to the ending of refugee status for remaining refugees in Ghana.Trade Review “Using plain but trenchant and engaging language, the author incisively makes humanitarianism uncomfortable and leads the reader to identify new research areas, such as the need for a deeper understanding of humanitarian gain vis-à-vis ineffective livelihood programs and blind repatriation strategies. The book is a welcome contribution to forced migration studies and humanitarian studies, as well as for those engaging with the political economy and history of refugee livelihoods.” • Migration and Society “Without a doubt, Omata’s book is seminal on account of it being a rare publication focused on the protracted displacement experience of Liberian refugees in Ghana. His meticulous, respectful, empathetic yet rigorous research approach, which helps towards raising the voices of Liberian refugees in a space where they would never be given an audience, is commendable.” • Journal of Internal Displacement “Excellent in every respect… The work fills a major gap in the refugee studies literature, as there has been no previous book-length account of this particular refugee population or the topic under review (how refugees cope in the absence of humanitarian assistance). Unlike some anthropological accounts of refugee situations, the study is a delight to read, bereft of unnecessary theory and maintains a consistent focus on the refugees themselves.” • Jeff Crisp, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford “This is a very clear and well written work that brings to life a complex set of conditions and relations within and beyond the refugee camp which are often blurred or over-simplified in ways that have severe consequences for refugees themselves… it provides much needed insights into the historical roots and complex contemporary manifestations of socio-economic differentiation affecting the lives and livelihoods of refugees both in the refugee camp and when faced with the dilemmas of repatriation.” • Amanda Hammar, University of Copenhagen “This is an engaging and carefully crafted book, which is detailed and includes refugees own voices and perspectives throughout, alongside quantitative analysis. It contributes to key debates, and is carefully referenced throughout.” • Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, University College LondonTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Maps Introduction: Buduburam: An Exemplary Refugee Camp? Chapter 1. ‘Guests Who Stayed Too Long’: Refugee Lives in a Protracted Exile Chapter 2. Economic Lives in Buduburam Chapter 3. The Household Economy in the Camp Chapter 4. Roots of Economic Stratification: A Historical Perspective Chapter 5. Repatriation to Liberia: The ‘Best’ Solution for Refugees? Chapter 6. The ‘End’ of Refugee Life? When Refugee Status Ceases Chapter 7. Developing a Better Understanding of Livelihoods, Self-Reliance and Social Networks in Forced Migration Studies Epilogue: Buduburam in 2015 References Index
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Berghahn Books Homo Itinerans: Towards a Global Ethnography of
Book Synopsis Afghan society has been marked in a lasting way by war and the exodus of part of its population. While many have emigrated to countries across the world, they have been matched by the flow of experts who arrive in Afghanistan after having been in other war-torn countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Palestine or East Timor. This book builds on more than two decades of ethnographic travels in some twenty countries, bringing the readers from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran to Europe, North America and Australia. It describes the everyday life and transnational circulations of Afghan refugees and expatriates.Trade Review Praise for the French edition: “The book is fascinating, it is strong and well-argued and it is remarkably well written … Highlighting the tension between the transnationalism of the Afghan state and that of the Afghans in the world, Alessandro Monsutti develops a very convincing criticism of the universalist imposition of the international community up to family and individual lives.” • Michel Agier, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, ParisTable of Contents Preface Acknowledgements Key Dates Introduction Chapter 1. Reconstructing Afghanistan: Counterinsurgency and Colonial Imaginary Chapter 2. The State in All Its States: Elections and Democratization Chapter 3. Educating the Elites: From Geneva to Abu Dhabi Chapter 4. Rural Development: A Matter of Workshops Chapter 5. Village Life: Overlapping Solidarities and Conflicts Chapter 6. Neighbouring Countries: Equivocal Refuges Chapter 7. Across the Seas: Playing with Categories Chapter 8. Greece: The Filter of All Hopes Chapter 9. Europe, Mon Amour: Or the Ruses of Itinerancy Chapter 10. Contested Modernities: A Transnational Anthropology of the Political Conclusion References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Culture and Migration
Book SynopsisCapturing the important place and power role that culture plays in the decision-making process of migration, this Handbook looks at human movement outside of a vacuum; taking into account the impact of family relationships, access to resources, and security and insecurity at both the points of origin and destination.Utilising case studies from around the world, chapters look at migration from the perspectives of a broad range of migrants, including refugees, labour migrants, students, highly educated migrants, and documented and undocumented movers. The Handbook moves beyond an understanding of the economics of migration, looking at the importance of love, skilled movers, food and identity in migrants’ lives. It analyses the assumption that migrants follow direct pathways to new destinations where they settle, recognising the dynamic ways in which movers travel, following circular routes and celebrating new opportunities. Highlighting the challenges migrants face, disputes around belonging and citizenship are explored in relation to rising nationalism and xenophobia.The insightful studies of the choices migrants make around both perceived and real needs and resources will make this Handbook a critical read for scholars and students of migration studies. It will also appeal to policy makers looking to understand the complexity of the impetus to migrant movement, and the important role that culture plays.Trade Review’This Handbook provides a wealth of state-of-the-art chapters exploring the foremost issues concerning contemporary global migration. Its integrative theme of culture - human meanings and patterns as they affect migration processes - offers a most welcome perspective and mode of understanding.’ -- - Steven Vertovec, Max Planck institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany’Based on the fundamental argument that ‘’culture matters’’ for understanding migration, this rich collection of essays makes new and original contributions to the study of migration as a key global process. These novel perspectives include wellbeing, lifestyle, sex, religion, sport, food, resilience, and many others.’ -- - Russell King, University of Sussex, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface xix 1 Handbook of Culture and Migration : an introduction 1 Jeffrey H. Cohen and Ibrahim Sirkeci PART I THEORY AND MOBILITY 2 Ask an “open” question and you’ll get a surprising answer: counterintuitive findings on Mexican migration to the United States 6 Judith Adler Hellman 3 Conflict model of migration and perception of human insecurity 17 Deniz Eroğlu-Utku and Pınar Yazgan 4 A culture of mobility? Perspectives on the human rights-based migration government 25 Markus Kotzur and Leonard Amaru Feil 5 The sexual dimension of migration: from sexual migration to changing lovescapes 40 Martina Cvajner and Giuseppe Sciortino 6 Kaleidoscopic relations in emerging destinations 54 Ruth McAreavey 7 Mirrored selves: reflections on religious narrative(s) in the lives of migrants 68 Eric M. Trinka 8 Gender and culture of migration 82 Caroline B. Brettell 9 Return migration 95 Julia Pauli 10 International migration, environment, and climate change dynamics 110 Michelle J. Moran-Taylor and Matthew J. Taylor 11 Taste and displacement 124 Micah M. Trapp PART II NATIONAL PATTERNS 12 Migration policy making in the US 138 Philip Martin 13 Migration of humans versus migration of cultures in the Middle East 152 Ayman Zohry 14 A framework for understanding migration from Sub-Saharan Africa: transnational and global perspectives 162 Claude Sumata 15 International migration from India: an historical overview 168 Ruchi Singh 16 Situations and challenges: survey on internal ethnic migrants in northwest Hubei in China 175 Ying Hou and Shengyu Pei 17 Labour market integration of immigrants in Finland 186 Elli Heikkilä and Nafisa Yeasmin PART III TRACING MOBILITIES IN SPACE AND PLACE 18 Contextualizing religiosity and identity in the case of Turkish immigrants in Western Europe 204 Tolga Tezcan 19 Transnational migration, racial economies, and the limitations to membership 219 Bernardo Ramirez Rios and Anthony Russell Jerry 20 Transnational migration and the lived experience of class across borders 232 Jennifer A. Cook 21 Student and retiree mobilities 248 Liliana Azevedo, Silva Lässer and Katrin Sontag 22 Violence and resilience across borders 263 Nia C. Parson 23 Development, migration, and the prospects of ‘betterment’ 274 Gregory Gullette 24 The ‘mobility turn’: economic inequality in refugee livelihoods 287 Naohiko Omata 25 Remittances and belonging: reading the social meaning of Peruvian migrants’ money 301 Karsten Paerregaard 26 Highly skilled migrants and their networks 313 Amy Carattini 27 Precarity, migration and extractive labour in the Peruvian Amazon 328 Gordon Lewis Ulmer 28 Refugees on the move: resettlement and onward migration in ‘final’ destination countries 341 Marnie Shaffer and Emma Stewart 29 Where is home? Navigating the complexities of refugee repatriation 351 Carrie Perkins 30 “They took a piece of my flesh”: transnational motherhood and activism in Tlaxcala, Mexico 363 Ruth M. Hernández-Ríos 31 Virtual village: Zapotec migrants in the digital era 372 Roberto J. González 32 Interconnectivities: mobility, food and place 386 Paulette K. Schuster PART IV HEALTH AND MOBILITY 33 Doing good or doing harm? The interrelations between migration, well-being, and mental health 397 Natalia Zotova 34 Experiences of sociocultural reproduction among migrant women in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana 412 Jemima Nomunume Baada 35 Migration, stress, and physiological dysregulation 425 Alexandra C. Tuggle and Douglas E. Crews Index 442
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Migration and Global Justice
Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook brings together leading international scholars from a range of disciplinary backgrounds and geopolitical perspectives to interrogate the intersections between migration and global justice. It explores how cross-border mobility and migration have been affected by rapid economic, cultural and technological globalisation, addressing the pressing questions of global justice that arise as governments respond to unprecedented levels of global migration. Chapters analyse the key issues arising from tensions between international and national priorities, duties and laws, as well as visions for human coexistence and harmony. Featuring chapters written by researchers, political activists and contributors with lived experience of migration injustice, the Handbook explores central topics including failures in refugee protection, worker exploitation and violence against migrants. Looking ahead, it also discusses possible pathways to achieve global justice in and through migration, in terms of geopolitics, subjective experience, human rights and redistributive justice, global solidarity and political activism. Combining empirical case studies with cutting-edge theory, this Handbook will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students of migration, human rights and public policy. The application of the global justice concept to issues of migration and border control will also be useful for policy makers, practitioners and NGOs in these areas.Trade Review‘This volume will be a valuable source for all scholars and students who are interested in the global and local manifestations of justice projects within the context of migration and mobility. Not only does it outline the complexity of actors, processes, conditions, and subjectivities within multiple arenas of migration-related justice claims, but it also focuses critical attention on the nexus between global justice and multiple interwoven facets of securitization, racialization, and marginalization.’ -- Anna Amelina, Miriam Friz Trzeciak, Ethnic and Racial Studies‘Handbook of Migration and Global Justice is an invaluable addition to college and university library Social Issues collections, worthy of the highest recommendation.’ -- James A Cox, Midwest Book Review‘Handbook of Migration and Global Justice brings together an impressive assemblage of migration scholars to analyze how nation-states have transformed immigration into crises that call forth intensified protection of both state boundaries and national identities. Truly global in scope, and firmly grounded in the political economy of labour and the politics of human rights, this book offers new insights into the subterranean forces and structural arrangements animating the largest human migration in history, as well as the ineffectual and routinely inhumane responses many destination nations have mobilized to thwart human needs for mobility. It is a must read for those interested in the cutting-edge of migration scholarship.’ -- Raymond J. Michalowski, Northern Arizona University, US'This is an important book that brings together normative and empirical considerations about the intersections of migration with global justice - and of migrants as workers and as carriers of rights. This Handbook is particularly timely in the light of the pandemic crisis which has highlighted the many contradictions involved between the global migration regime and migrants’ rights. A must-have for researchers and students.' -- Anna Triandafyllidou, Toronto Metropolitan University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: migration and global justice 1 Leanne Weber and Claudia Tazreiter PART I MIGRANT WORKERS AS GLOBAL LABOUR 2 The geopolitics of labour 14 Sandro Mezzadra and Brett Neilson 3 Temporary labour and worker exploitation: Southeast Asian migration to Malaysia 26 Immanuel Ness 4 Borders and migrant domestic workers 49 Maggy Lee 5 Heterogeneous borders: migrant workers in Northern Chile 65 Romina Ramos-Rodríguez, Roberto Dufraix-Tapia and José A. Brandariz PART II FAILURES IN REFUGEE PROTECTION 6 Contested global social justice: social services for migrants without international protection 83 Sieglinde Rosenberger and Theresa Schütze 7 Against the best interests of the child: the global injustice of migrant externalization 99 Vasileia Digidiki and Jacqueline Bhabha 8 Silent deaths: creative resistance 118 Omid Tofighian 9 Refugees, Europe, death 137 Marina Gržinić 10 Feminicide, state-perpetrated violence and economic violence: an analysis of the perverse reality driving Central American women’s migration 155 Amarela Varela Huerta PART III NON-CITIZENS, RIGHTS AND BELONGING 11 Justice for those without rights: ‘illegal’ migrants and marginalized citizens in India 172 Rimple Mehta 12 Immigration workplace raids and the politics of cruelty: the case of Postville, Iowa 186 Peter Kivisto 13 Racialized citizenship: challenging the Australian imaginary 201 Rachel Sharples and Linda Briskman 14 From rights to risk: labour migration and the securitization of justice 221 Lisa M. Simeone and Nicola Piper PART IV ACHIEVING GLOBAL JUSTICE IN/THROUGH MIGRATION 15 Global justice and the governance of transnational migration 240 David Owen 16 They went to sea in a SIEV, they did: a new framework of rights for missing and deceased migrants and their bereaved families proposed by the Last Rights Project 256 Syd Bolton and Catriona Jarvis 17 ‘Doing something for the future’: building relationships and hope through refugee and asylum seeker advocacy in Australia 278 Caroline Fleay, Mary Anne Kenny, Atefeh Andaveh, Salem Askari, Rohullah Hassani, Kate Leaney and Teresa Lee 18 Challenging the borders of difference and inequality: power in migration as a social movement for global justice 295 Nancy A. Wonders and Lynn C. Jones Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Digital Identity, Virtual Borders and Social
Book SynopsisThis insightful book discusses how states deploy frontier and digital technologies to manage and control migratory movements. Assessing the development of blockchain technologies for digital identities and cash transfer; artificial intelligence for smart borders, resettlement of refugees and assessing asylum applications; social media and mobile phone applications to track and surveil migrants, it critically examines the consequences of new technological developments and evaluates their impact on the rights of migrants and refugees.Chapters evaluate the technology-based public-private projects that govern migration globally and illustrate the political implications of these virtual borders. International contributors compare and contrast different forms of political expression, in both personal technologies, such as social media for refugees and smugglers, and automated decision-making algorithms used by states to enable migration governance. This timely book challenges hegemonic approach to migration governance and provides cases demonstrating the dangers of employing frontier technologies denying basic rights, liberties and agencies of migrants and refugees.Stepping into a contentious political climate for migrants and refugees, this provocative book is ideal reading for scholars and researchers of political science and public policy, particularly those focusing on migration and refugee studies. It will also benefit policymakers and practitioners dealing with migration, such as humanitarian NGOs, UN agencies and local authorities.Trade Review‘Digital Identity, Virtual Borders and Social Media presents sound, scrupulous research into the complexities of technology in migration.’ -- Magda Rodríguez Dehli, Routed‘A unique and seminal collection of seven erudite and informative contributions by experts in the field, Digital Identity, Virtual Borders and Social Media must be considered a core and essential addition to college and university library collections, and essential reading for students, academia, political activists, governmental policymakers, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject.’ -- Paul T. Vogel, Midwest Book Review'The book is a timely contribution on how digital technology is used in the establishment, management and enforcement of physical and virtual borders. It offers a multi-faceted view into digital technologies used in the context of migration, offering insights into the potential of these technologies, but also exposing the risks, be it through direct use of technology, its problematic conceptualization, or through inequalities in accessing digital resources.' -- Albert Ali Salah, Utrecht University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to Digital Identity, Virtual Borders and Social Media 1 Emre Eren Korkmaz 2 Self-sovereign identity and forced migration: slippery terms and the refugee data apparatus 10 Margie Cheesman and Aiden Slavin 3 Digital identification for the vulnerable: continuities across a century of identification technologies 33 Aiden Slavin 4 Politics of technology: the use of artificial intelligence by US and Canadian immigration agencies and their impacts on human rights 52 Erin Harris and Roxana Akhmetova 5 Migration and smuggling across virtual borders: a European Union case study of internet governance and immigration politics 73 Johanna Bankston 6 Irregular mobility and network capital: the case of the Afghanistan-Iran smuggling route 98 Ruta Nimkar, Emily Savage and Abdullah Mohammadi 7 What shapes the attitude of the European Parliament voters toward migration? A comparative case study on Finland, Hungary and Bulgaria 120 Deniz Yetkin Aker Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The EU-Turkey Statement on Refugees: Assessing
Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book critically analyses how the implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement on Refugees affects the rights of refugees and asylum seekers. Bringing together an in-depth examination of both EU and Turkish law and fieldwork data within a theoretical human rights framework, Hülya Kaya discusses the operational realities and failures of the agreement between Turkey and the EU from a socio-legal perspective. This timely book provides important evidence that refugee protection in the region of origin is not an effective solution to the refugee protection crisis, and casts doubt on the capacity of the agreement to contribute to fair burden sharing between states. Kaya illuminates the practical and legal difficulties that refugees experience, and draws upon the political theory of Hannah Arendt to argue that the situation constitutes a further form of violence against refugees by hindering their ability to claim and exercise their fundamental human rights. Scholars and doctoral students specialising in refugee law and migration studies, as well as human rights lawyers, will find this book to be crucial reading. It will also be of interest to human rights advocates and those working in international organisations and NGOs in this area, alongside policy makers in the EU and Turkey. Trade Review'From 2015, substantially more refugees began arriving in the EU, mainly from Turkey, triggering a policy crisis regarding their reception and integration. This book meticulously examines the EU's choice of action and effective agreement with the Turkish authorities, the so-called EU-Turkey Statement. The controversy, both legal and humanitarian, which this deal sparked in the EU and Turkey is brilliantly set out, beginning with the legal frameworks relevant to the issue. This is mandatory reading for those interested in regional refugee protection regimes.' --Elspeth Guild, Queen Mary University of London, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Violations of the Principle of Non-Refoulement and The Right to Seek Asylum Under Readmission Agreements 3. The EU-Turkey Statement: A Challenge To Human Rights? 4. Turkish Asylum Law Analysis: Turkey’s Delivery of Human Rights Obligations After The EU-Turkey Statement 5. Fieldwork Findings: The Impact of The EU-Turkey Statement on The Civil And Political Rights of Refugees 6. Fieldwork Findings: The Impact of The EU-Turkey Statement On The Socio-Economic Rights of Refugees 7. Conclusions Index
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Lexington Books Advocating for Refugees in the European Union:
Book SynopsisThe crisis of forced displacement is compounded by the politicization of asylum and refugee protection, which have become polarizing issues in many countries in Europe and in the United States. It has animated efforts by pro-refugee civil society groups to engage in advocacy efforts that respond to the securitization of the issue, reframe it as a human rights and humanitarian issue, and bring about policies that are favorable to refugee protection. The contrasting points of view surrounding refugee and asylum policy reveal a fundamental normative difference in what is considered the most appropriate standard of behavior to guide actions and policies in the wake of the European refugee crisis. This normative difference, and the contestation that it entails, represents the starting point for this study of specific strategies of norm-based change. The study focuses on civil society organizations (CSOs) and the deliberate ways they incorporate and use norms in framing and responding to the issue of refugee protection. It seeks to understand and explain how and why pro-refugee advocacy groups choose to use specific norm-based strategies of advocacy in their effort to shift public opinion on the issues of asylum and refugee protection and ultimately bring about policy change.Trade Review“What would a refugee policy look like that was not distorted by emotional and nationalist politics? In Advocating for Refugees in the European Union Schnyder and Shawki convincingly show that a norm-based approach could reshape immigration policy for the better.” -- Reece Jones, University of Hawaii at ManoaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Norm Contestation Involving Refugees as Persons in Need of Protection and Refugees as Security Threats Chapter 1: Understanding Normative Contestation: A Theoretical FrameworkChapter 2: The Global Refugee Regime: An Overview of the Status-QuoChapter 3: Analyzing Far-Right Anti-Refugee Discourse in Europe: A Framing ApproachChapter 4: Pro-Refugee Civil Society Advocacy at the European Union LevelChapter 5: Pro-Refugee Civil Society Advocacy in High Contestation States: Austria, France, and Germany Chapter 6: Pro-Refugee Civil Society Advocacy in Low Contestation States: Spain and Luxembourg Conclusion: Reflections and Future Directions
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Lexington Books Refugee Crises and Migration Policies: From Local
Book SynopsisThis edited volume examines European approaches to migrants, European Union migration policies, and the EU-Turkey refugee agreement through macro-level and micro-level analysis. It analyzes issues related to migration in Turkey and Syria and specifically studies at the Syrian refugee crisis. The contributors explore the migration phenomenon through economic and judicial perspectives.Trade ReviewMigration Studies is becoming more and more engaged with the idea of developing global perspectives on socio-economic, political, legal, and psychological elements of migration-related matters. This book derives from such a perspective, which is concerned with going from local to global. Covering a variety of themes, countries, and governance of migration, this book makes theoretical and empirical interventions ranging from the securitization of migration to the impact of mass migration on the growth of right-wing populism in Europe. -- Ayhan Kaya, Istanbul Bilgi UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter One: Migrants and Refugees: Europe in the World and How the World Sees Europe Catherine Wihtol de Wenden Chapter Two: Changing the European Political Landscape: How Does the Refugee Crisis Deepen Political Polarization in the West? Özge Çopuroğlu and Asude Hazan Kurtdemir Chapter Three: The Relocation of Migrants in the European Union: A Designed Failure? Insights from Malta Lea Lemaire Chapter Four: A Reappraisal of EU-Turkey Cooperation on Migration Management: The Unintended Consequences Beyza Çağatay Tekin Chapter Five: Analyzing the 2015 Refugee Crisis in Europe within Securitization Theory: The Hungarian Case Edanur Önel, Işıl Zeynep Turkan İpek, and Gökçe Bayındır Goularas Chapter Six: A New Form of Extremism: Neo-Salafism among Immigrants in Germany Hasret Elçin Kürşat Coşkun and Yeşim Ahlers Chapter Seven: Economies of Skill Differentiated Immigration in Terms of Origin and Destination Countries Ayşe Sevencan Chapter Eight: Winner or Loser? The Income Gap between the Immigrant and Native Labor Force Populations in Saudi Arabia M. Murat Yüceşahin and Emre Doğandor Chapter Nine: A Survey of Migration and Trade Relation: Evidence from Turkey Çağrı Levent Uslu Chapter Ten: Humanitarian Residence Permit in Turkish Law Nuray Ekşi Chapter Eleven: Constitutional Legality of Unilateral Declaration of Independence of Nagorno-Karabakh Hüseyin Ural Aküzüm Chapter Twelve: A Typification Example on Afghan Refugees Migrated into Turkey in 1982: Afghan Refugees in Malatya Tülay Alim Baran Chapter Thirteen: Immigration of African Football to Turkey: Pass the Ball and I Score Volkan İpek, İ. Sinemden Oylumlu, and Ayşe Betül Nuhoğlu Conclusion
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Lexington Books Refugee Pathways to Freedom
Book SynopsisJanet Mancini Billson provides extended interviews with Russian, Bhutanese, Rohingya, and Kurdish refugees, and the resettlement workers who smooth their transition into Canada, in order to paint a complex picture of creating a new life in a new land. Refugee Pathways to Freedom: Escaping Persecution and Statelessness shows how the agonies of losing one's home and leaving loved ones behind are coupled with the dangers of escaping into unknown territory, and that those who make the journey to freedom know that the dream of a safe and secure future is fraught with risks and disappointment. She argues that refugees and refugee agencies bring powerful ideas for revamping an overwhelmed global system that freezes victims of persecution in years of political and emotional limbo. She examines how shrinking refugee flows by addressing root causes of displacement is critical, but so is speeding up selection processes to reduce despair and lost years. She further posits that drastically limiting time in refugee camps would prevent counterproductive education and work gaps and that reducing language barriers to employment ensures well-being and successful integration.
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Lexington Books Reframing Syrian Refugee Insecurity through a
Book SynopsisWhile there has been a shift in security studies from the security of states to that of people, realpolitik still takes place under the banner of an emerging discourse of "refugee crisis." Located at the intersection of security studies and refugee scholarship, this book is both a process and a product. It explores the multi-leveled sites of refugee security construction and policy translation that play an instrumental role in informing how Syrian refugee insecurity is engendered and experienced in the case of Lebanon. It sheds light on how impromptu choices made by involved bodies—such as the Lebanese government and the UNHCR—can significantly impact local realities, creating a vicious cycle of Syrian refugee insecurities.Table of ContentsChapter I: Understanding the Syrian Refugee Crisis in LebanonChapter II: Lebanese Syrian (In)Security PracticesChapter III: (En)Gendering Lebanon Crisis Response Plan(s)Chapter IV: Alternative Refugee Insecurity NarrativesChapter V: A Vicious Cycle of Syrian Refugee Insecurities
£72.90
Lexington Books Reframing Syrian Refugee Insecurity through a
Book SynopsisWhile there has been a shift in security studies from the security of states to that of people, realpolitik still takes place under the banner of an emerging discourse of "refugee crisis." Located at the intersection of security studies and refugee scholarship, this book is both a process and a product. It explores the multi-leveled sites of refugee security construction and policy translation that play an instrumental role in informing how Syrian refugee insecurity is engendered and experienced in the case of Lebanon. It sheds light on how impromptu choices made by involved bodies—such as the Lebanese government and the UNHCR—can significantly impact local realities, creating a vicious cycle of Syrian refugee insecurities.Trade ReviewThis book offers a careful, multifaceted reading of the gendered politics and effects of the past years’ massive influx of Syrian refugees into Lebanon. It traces how Syrian refugees are perceived and governed in Lebanon, from the level of state policy down to the everyday experiences of Lebanese humanitarian volunteers who work with Syrian refugees, and demonstrates how gendered forms of insecurity are both addressed and produced through these processes. -- Elisabeth Olivius, Umeå UniversityThe book offers an interesting insight into the multiple layers of insecurities from the vantage point of lives realities and experiences at the grass-roots. Such an engagement not only allows for a critical engagement with the subject matter of conflicts and insecurities, but expands the broader discipline of IR and strengthens the feminist perspective by bringing in the multiple realities of conflict. Brilliant for scholars and practitioners of IR and Feminist Theories of IR. -- Dipti Tamang, Darjeeling Government CollegeTable of ContentsChapter I: Understanding the Syrian Refugee Crisis in LebanonChapter II: Lebanese Syrian (In)Security PracticesChapter III: (En)Gendering Lebanon Crisis Response Plan(s)Chapter IV: Alternative Refugee Insecurity NarrativesChapter V: A Vicious Cycle of Syrian Refugee Insecurities
£28.50
Lexington Books Trauma and Resilience in Holocaust Memoir:
Book SynopsisThrough narrative analysis of the memoirs of six holocaust survivors from a single extended family, Trauma and Resilience in Holocaust Memoir: Strategies of Self-Preservation and Inter-Generational Encounter with Narrative examines strategies of self-preservation of young people exposed to violence and persecution at different ages and life stages. Through the lens of studying resilience in child development, this book describes the striking diversity of holocaust-era experiences and traces the arc of a remarkable global diaspora. Birnbaum argues that stories from the past can enhance understanding of the internal lives of today’s young refugees and survivors of violent conflict. Exploring the socio-politics of narrative and memory, this book considers the ways that children of holocaust survivors may honor the past while also allowing a new generation to engage family history in a conversation with contemporary concerns.Trade ReviewThis is a remarkable book, very well researched and captivating with its emotional details. The book stands out among the many holocaust narratives. In addition to the extraordinary manner in which the six members of this family has survived, the book is rich in theoretical explanations of how the author had arrived at her conclusions. -- Anna Ornstein, M. D. Professor of child psychiatry (retired), University of CincinnatiTable of ContentsIntroduction: Looking Forward While Looking Back: What We Learn about Child Development and the Refugee Experience by Reading the Memoirs of Holocaust Survivors Chapter 1: 1939Chapter 2: 1940Chapter 3: 1941Chapter 4: 1942Chapter 5: 1942 in the GhettoChapter 6: 1943Chapter 7: 1944-45Chapter 8: Young People in the Confrontation with DisasterChapter 9: Resonances of WarEpilogue: Conversations Across the Generations: Holocaust Memory and the Vocabulary of Remembrance
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Lexington Books Trauma and Resilience in Holocaust Memoir:
Book SynopsisThrough narrative analysis of the memoirs of six holocaust survivors from a single extended family, Trauma and Resilience in Holocaust Memoir: Strategies of Self-Preservation and Inter-Generational Encounter with Narrative examines strategies of self-preservation of young people exposed to violence and persecution at different ages and life stages. Through the lens of studying resilience in child development, this book describes the striking diversity of holocaust-era experiences and traces the arc of a remarkable global diaspora. Birnbaum argues that stories from the past can enhance understanding of the internal lives of today’s young refugees and survivors of violent conflict. Exploring the socio-politics of narrative and memory, this book considers the ways that children of holocaust survivors may honor the past while also allowing a new generation to engage family history in a conversation with contemporary concerns.Trade ReviewIn this collection of Holocaust memoirs, Birnbaum presents the unique first-person stories of six child survivors, all members of her father’s extended family. The stories trace war’s ravages through the eyes of rapidly maturing children and adolescents. Each tale is extraordinary. One chronicler tells of passing as a gentile, surviving by selling her blood and submitting to Nazi experiments for pay; another details her escape from Poland to Lithuania to Africa; another memoir depicts the liquidation of the Warsaw ghetto and the author’s daring escape; yet another family member describes her wartime sojourn in the relative safety of Shanghai. Riveting as these stories are, Birnbaum adds yet another layer to enhance the reader's understanding. In a chapter-by-chapter analysis that follows the memoirists through each year of the war, Birnbaum explores textual cues that illustrate childhood resilience. Through the astute perception of a psychiatric nurse, she elucidates survival strategies and ties them to today’s young survivors of traumatic conflict. This book is an important contribution to Holocaust psychology studies and will be of significant value to both specialists and those interested in obtaining a deeper awareness of the effects of catastrophic sociopolitical upheavals on children. Highly recommended. * Choice *This is a remarkable book, very well researched and captivating with its emotional details. The book stands out among the many holocaust narratives. In addition to the extraordinary manner in which the six members of this family has survived, the book is rich in theoretical explanations of how the author had arrived at her conclusions. -- Anna Ornstein, M. D. Professor of child psychiatry (retired), University of CincinnatiTable of ContentsIntroduction: Looking Forward While Looking Back: What We Learn about Child Development and the Refugee Experience by Reading the Memoirs of Holocaust Survivors Chapter 1: 1939Chapter 2: 1940Chapter 3: 1941Chapter 4: 1942Chapter 5: 1942 in the GhettoChapter 6: 1943Chapter 7: 1944-45Chapter 8: Young People in the Confrontation with DisasterChapter 9: Resonances of WarEpilogue: Conversations Across the Generations: Holocaust Memory and the Vocabulary of Remembrance
£28.50
Lexington Books Bosnian Refugees in Chicago: Gender, Performance,
Book SynopsisBosnian Refugees in Chicago: Gender, Performance, and Post-War Economies studies refugee migration through the experiences of survivors of the 1990s wars in former Yugoslavia as they rebuild home, family, and social lives in the wake of their displacement. Ana Croegaert explores post-1970s Yugoslav-era socialism, American neoliberal capitalism, and anti-Muslim geopolitics to analyze women’s varied perspectives on their postwar lives in the United States. Based on more than a decade of fieldwork and with a focus on performance, Croegaert takes readers into staged performances, coffee rituals, protests, memorials, homes, and non-governmental organizations to shine a light on the pressures women contend with in their efforts to make a living and to narrate their wartime injuries. Ultimately, Croegaert argues that refugee women insist on understanding their wartime losses as simultaneously social and material, a form of personhood she labels “injured life.” At a time of mass displacement and heated political debates concerning refugees, Croegaert provides an engaging portrait of a lively and diverse group of women whose opinions on citizenship and belonging are needed now more than ever.Trade ReviewAna Croegaert’s Bosnian Refugees in Chicago: Gender, Performance, and Post-War Economies provides a rich, multi-faceted portrait of Bosnian refugee life in early 21st century Chicago. It documents individuals’ struggles to come to terms with the injuries of war, ethnic violence, and displacement in the former Yugoslavia, focusing in particular on women’s efforts to create domesticity and social connection. Drawing on intimate observations and interviews in homes, coffee shops and public spaces, as well as analysis of social media, public events, and artistic expression, Bosnian Refugees in Chicago provides a deeply moving and politically astute account of the “refugee” experience in an era of austerity politics and heightened racial tension in the United States. -- Jane Collins, University of WisconsinTable of ContentsChapter 1: Refugee Women and a Chicago VolagChapter 2: Making Home and Family after War, and from a DistanceChapter 3: Ajla in StolacChapter 4: Shifting Time in The Social Life of Bosnian CoffeeChapter 5: American Balkanism and the Optics of ViolenceChapter 6: A Trade in StoriesChapter 7: #BiHInSolidarity / Be in Solidarity
£72.90
Lexington Books Bosnian Refugees in Chicago: Gender, Performance,
Book SynopsisBosnian Refugees in Chicago: Gender, Performance, and Post-War Economies studies refugee migration through the experiences of survivors of the 1990s wars in former Yugoslavia as they rebuild home, family, and social lives in the wake of their displacement. Ana Croegaert explores post-1970s Yugoslav-era socialism, American neoliberal capitalism, and anti-Muslim geopolitics to examine women’s varied perspectives on their postwar lives in the United States. Based on more than a decade of fieldwork, Croegaert takes readers into staged performances, coffee rituals, protests, memorials, homes, and non-governmental organizations to shine a light on the pressures women contend with in their efforts to make a living and to narrate their wartime injuries. Ultimately, Croegaert argues that refugee women insist on understanding their wartime losses as simultaneously social and material, a form of personhood she labels “injured life.” At a time of mass displacement and heated political debates concerning refugees, Croegaert provides an engaging portrait of a lively and diverse group of women whose opinions on citizenship and belonging are needed now more than ever.Trade ReviewAna Croegaert’s Bosnian Refugees in Chicago: Gender, Performance, and Post-War Economies provides a rich, multi-faceted portrait of Bosnian refugee life in early 21st century Chicago. It documents individuals’ struggles to come to terms with the injuries of war, ethnic violence, and displacement in the former Yugoslavia, focusing in particular on women’s efforts to create domesticity and social connection. Drawing on intimate observations and interviews in homes, coffee shops and public spaces, as well as analysis of social media, public events, and artistic expression, Bosnian Refugees in Chicago provides a deeply moving and politically astute account of the “refugee” experience in an era of austerity politics and heightened racial tension in the United States. -- Jane Collins, University of WisconsinThis book should prove accessible and engaging to broader audiences—perhaps especially for 1.5- and second-generation Bosnian Americans and those who have become intertwined in our families—as well as specialists in diaspora studies, U.S. refugee resettlement, human rights, and whiteness studies. * Gender and Society *This book is a welcome and valuable contribution to the literature on Bosnian and other Balkan diasporas and to broader diaspora studies. It will appeal to social and cultural anthropologists, economic anthropologists, scholars of migration and diaspora, and scholars specializing in the region as well as to members of the Bosnian diaspora in the United States. * American Ethnologist *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Refugee Women and a Chicago VolagChapter 2: Making Home and Family after War, and from a DistanceChapter 3: Ajla in StolacChapter 4: Shifting Time in The Social Life of Bosnian CoffeeChapter 5: American Balkanism and the Optics of ViolenceChapter 6: A Trade in StoriesChapter 7: #BiHInSolidarity / Be in Solidarity
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Lexington Books Encounters across Difference: Tourism and
Book SynopsisIn Encounters across Difference, Natalia Bloch examines tourism encounters in India and their potential to empower subaltern communities. Drawing from ethnographic evidence in Hampi and Dharamshala, Bloch explores the potential of tourism to promote political engagement, volunteering, sponsorship, local entrepreneurship, and women’s empowerment. Contrary to frequent criticism of tourism to the Global South as a colonial practice, Bloch argues that workers and small entrepreneurs in displaced communities see tourists as allies in their political struggles and, on a more individual level, as an opportunity to build better lives.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Anthropology and Tourism: Dangerous Liaisons?Chapter 1. In a Circle of Mobility: Field Sites, Research Partners, MethodsChapter 2. The World Map as Seen from the Peripheries: Tourist as an Object of GazeChapter 3. Not-So-Empty Meeting Grounds: Self-Representations and Relationships Chapter 4. Recovering the Subaltern Voices: Tourism and EngagementChapter 5. Tourism as a Source of Individual Empowerment: Stories of Encounter
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Lexington Books Iranian Hospitality, Afghan Marginality: Spaces
Book SynopsisIn Iranian Hospitality, Afghan Marginality, Elisabeth Yarbakhsh unpacks ideas around culture, identity, and the relationship between Iranian citizens and Afghan refugees living in Shiraz, Iran, and surrounding areas. Yarkbakhsh highlights the ways in which shifting policies and practices toward refugees over the past forty years have run parallel to the transitive notions of what it means to be Iranian.Yarkbakhsh exposes the complex interplay of identity and hospitality as it emerges out of variously competing and intersecting Islamic, historical, and literary narratives of Iranian identity, carefully illustrating how these factors circumscribe Afghan refugee life in the city of Shiraz.Table of ContentsChapter One: Afghanistan and Iran: A Shared HistoryChapter Two: Placing HospitalityChapter Three: Hospitality, Iranian StyleChapter Four: Modes of HospitalityChapter Five: In the Shrine PrecinctChapter Six: Toward PersepolisChapter Seven: In Search of the Real ShirazChapter Eight: Oases of Hospitality
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Lexington Books Willful Ignorance: Overcoming the Limitations of
Book SynopsisUsing ethnographic research, Willful Ignorance: Overcoming the Limitations of (Christian) Love for Refugees Seeking Asylum examines the attitudes of clergy and lay leaders regarding their (in)attention to racism as it intersects with the harsh reality of U.S. immigration policies and practices. This multi-faceted work begins with a reality check on the scope of forced migration and its intersection with the historical legacy of racism in America, including testimonies from displaced migrants and immigration advocates who help to alleviate state-inflicted suffering at the U.S.-Mexico border. Helen T. Boursier examines the rationales Christian leaders use to justify the local church’s nominal response, including the discursive buffers and stall tactics they use to deflect their lack of preaching, teaching, leadership and/or ministry with displaced migrants who are their near neighbors. The Christian church’s firm foundation to embody love as social justice provides a historical rebuttal, while case studies of congregations that offer displaced migrants compassionate hospitality model exemplary contemporary response. Closing with practical suggestions for how to begin building bridges with migrants, Boursier argues for a philosophy of religion that embraces resistance to racism and exclusion from asylum, through a missiology of compassion that exemplifies an ecclesiology of love.Trade ReviewImmigration is one of the top five social and moral issues facing Christian communities and all people of good will. Boursier’s work both challenges and uplifts Christian churches to comprehend the history and roots of immigration as a social issue, and to take bold steps in loving the newly arrived neighbor. -- Laura E. Alexander, University of Nebraska at OmahaThis work offers sustained analysis of, and response to, the Church’s cultivated inattention to the intersection of racism and immigration injustice at the US-Mexico border. Its ethnographic study of the motivated not-knowing of Christian clergy and lay-leaders provides a detailed analysis of the excuses and rationalizations through which they enact and justify passing by on the other side. Boursier then provides a theological rebuttal to this practice of willful ignorance and shows how this theological response is practically exemplified by some asylum-support groups even as the Church averts its gaze. Boursier’s book is a powerful act of bearing witness. -- David Owen, Author of "What Do We Owe to Refugees?"Dr. Boursier does a great service to migration studies by her meticulous documentation of the views and experiences of real US Americans – clergy and interfaith leaders – in response to migration. It is from this solid research foundation that she can not only uncover the Christian willful ignorance of migration but also challenge what she terms the “loud silence” of so many Christian churches on the human rights violations at the US-Mexico border. -- Kirsteen Kim, Fuller Theological SeminaryAs a species, we spend too much of our time lamenting that we should do better and not enough time actually trying. This feels especially true in conversations around immigration, racism, religion and justice. Dr. Helen Boursier's new book, Willful Ignorance, bucks that trend. It illuminates the connections between these issues, and helps us understand why we should care and how we can do better. -- Simran Jeet Singh, Visiting Professor, Union Seminary; Senior Fellow, Sikh CoalitionIn Willful Ignorance, Boursier provides a compelling analysis of one of the greatest moral challenges of our times – how to respond with courage, compassion and creativity to the growing problem of forced migration. This is theological scholarship at its best – a rigorous combination of ethnographic work, historical analysis, and constructive theology. Boursier provides carefully designed and detailed depictions of the experiences of those seeking asylum, as well as in-depth explorations of the experiences and thinking of pastors who are responding, or not responding, to this injustice. She provides a critical analysis of the historical and political contours of migration and the ways these are shaped by structural racism. She gives an in-depth account of both the history of the work of the Christian church for social justice, and explores why, given that the need is so clear, the possible response so obvious, that more Christian churches are not taking up this vital life-giving work. Boursier’s answer to that question is compelling. She provides an original and chilling account of the patterns of ‘willful ignorance’ that get in the way of effective action. Boursier provides guidance in how to address these patterns and move instead to expansive and rigorous work for justice. She provides clear examples of steps to take, and how to do this work with integrity, critical attention to impact, and creativity. She makes not only the theological case for a ‘missiology of compassion for humanitarian response,’ but in her detailed case studies, she guides others in taking up the powerful work of an ‘ecclesiology of love.’ This is an essential guide for all people who want to live out their Christian faith in acting more clearly, deeply and rigorously for justice. I see this book having resonance with the work of others who have taken up similar challenges. Like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Boursier is forthrightly naming the worst of Christianity at this moment in history, and is calling Christians to their best. Her analysis of the ‘willful ignorance’ of Christians now resonates with the work of David Gushee, Righteous Gentiles of the Holocaust, where he laid out how Christians justified both their support of Hitler, or, their remaining as bystanders to the atrocities of that time. Boursier’s analysis of the theological/political significance of the suffering of those seeking asylum, and the theological/political need for ‘an ecclesiology of love’ resonates with the work of Miguel De La Torre. -- Sharon D. Welch, Author of After the Protests Are Heard: Enacting Civic Engagement and Social TransformationHelen Boursier’s Willful Ignorance is a Tour de force as she confronts the contemporary church and its leaders on their silence and inaction toward the people seeking asylum on the southern US border. Because of her deep involvement with these families and children, she speaks with a voice of authority and passion fueled by her deep commitment to their plight. A gift of the book is her first-hand stories and interviews with asylum seekers and the volunteers who interact with them on the border. She brings these stories to life with photographs and drawings, her own and those made by the women and children confined in government funded facilities. Throughout the book she argues the need for churches and their leaders to gain comprehensive knowledge about the conditions of the migrants and the multi-layered causes that perpetuate their suffering. Most importantly she makes a clear and compelling case for the way racism is directly connected to present day immigration policies and practices. Through meticulous research she documents the direct connection between the historic oppression of people of color, beginning with the Indigenous communities, slavery, continuing through Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Movements, the disproportionate rise of incarcerating Black Americans, and racist exclusionary immigration policies that allow the detention and deportation of brown-skinned migrants. The breadth of resources she draws on to support her work is impressive. She provides a sweeping narration of Christian history and contemporary theologies of justice to ground her argument that the church has its foundation in social justice. She arrives at the conclusion that the future of the church is directly tied to the reawakening of its mission to love as justice, and its calling to develop a spirit of resistance to Empire that supports systems of harm. Given the serious and dangerous conditions of the asylum seekers, she argues that immigration is a central theological concern that Christians and the church must find ways to invest in people seeking asylum, including partnering with organizations already providing assistance.Willful Ignorance is an indictment of present church practices that ignore the suffering on our doorstep. At the same time, it is a love letter to pastors and other religious leaders, to encourage them to recognize the neighbors in our midst who are really our relatives-- our ‘cousins.’ With her many examples and illustrations of how some communities are engaging their neighbors on the border, Boursier offers a word of encouragement and inspiration for others to become involved. She says, ‘My prayer is that readers will remain open to the possibility of enlightenment from the collective and individual testimonies included here…’ For those who wonder about how to begin, she says: ‘Where do you begin? You begin. You begin.’ In many ways, Helen Boursier is to the immigration crisis what Helen Prejean is to the goal of abolishing the death penalty in the prison industry. Boursier’s work also resonates with Douglas John Hall’s call for the church in North America to disestablish itself from dominant cultural models of success and prosperity. Willful Ignorance is a disturbing, powerful, inspiring, and hopeful contribution to contemporary church literature. -- Sharon G. Thornton, Professor of Pastoral Theology, Emerita, Andover Newton Theological SchoolTable of ContentsPrelude: A Quick Review of Southern Border Headlines News (2016-2020)Section One: Setting the Context: Humanitarian Crisis and the (Silent) Church1.America’s Legacy of Racism: Black and Brown Migration in Historical Perspective 2.Reality Check: Exclusion from Asylum at the US-Mexico Border (2016-2020)3.The Intensified Suffering of Migrant Children4.Willful Ignorance and the Christian Church’s Silence on the Human Rights Violations at the US-Mexico Border5.Discursive Buffers and Stall Tactics: Framing Leadership Excuses to ‘Sound’ BetterSection Two: Historical Rebuttal: The Church’s Foundation in Social Justice6.The Church’s Firm Foundation in its Historical Witness to Social Justice7.Mixing Religion with Politics: The Medieval Period through the Enlightenment8.Global Events Influence Love-Informed Justice Theology—Twentieth Century Forward9.Intersectionality of Diverse Voices Endorse the Church’s Engagement in Social JusticeSection Three: Building Bridges and Preparing for Response10.Religion as Resistance to Racism and Exclusion from Asylum11.Missiology of Compassion for Humanitarian Response: Case Studies in Action12.Ecclesiology of Love13.Building Bridges to BeginAppendix A: Clergy and Religious Leadership Interview QuestionsAppendix B: Resources to Get Started with Education and Advocacy
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UCL Press Schooling for Refugee Children
Book SynopsisA unique representation of refugee children?s journeys in their own voices, reflected through their stories, verses, and artworks.Schooling for Refugee Children is a collaboration between five authors who explore their interactions with refugee children displaced from Syria to the Lebanese borders and London. Through a program of carefully tailored research activities, the authors analyze the children?s representations of their journeys and current circumstances, particularly focusing on questions of ongoing schooling in the face of displacement. The children?s experiences are expressed through their own words and drawings, disrupting the stereotype of children as receivers rather than empowered actors, and challenging traditional solutions for improving schooling. Throughout, the children are eloquent about their schooling in the context of displacement. Their views and illustrations depict a keen awareness of social justice issues, including the distribution of wealth, recognition of status, and representation of voice. In this way, the book brings to light important representations of some empowering experiences lived through by refugee children from Syria, as well as their thoughts on what has helped their learning and what can be done better. The children?s need for care and a sense of belonging in their schools and their new communities is given particular emphasis throughout the book, represented by one child, who simply requested, ?Add some more love!?Schooling for Refugee Children is invaluable for educators, policymakers, and anyone interested in refugee education and social justice. By centering the voices of refugee children, the book sheds light on their unique perspectives and needs, challenging conventional approaches to improving schooling for displaced populations.
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on Irregular Migration
Book SynopsisMoving away from state categorizations on irregular migration, this Research Handbook critically examines processes and dynamics that generate and reproduce irregularity, and discusses who may count as an irregular migrant.Acknowledging that irregular migration is not just a South-North issue, chapters investigate the many different pathways into irregularity, demonstrating the benefits of understanding dynamics behind irregular migration over statistics. Organised into six thematic parts covering key issues such as approaches and perspectives for research, informal labour and the challenges faced by migrant families, global contributors from a variety of disciplines provide an expert review of geographical and historical paths into irregular migration. Offering their background knowledge and highlighting tools to better understand how irregular migration is linked to geopolitics and migration policies, the Research Handbook on Irregular Migration guides readers through the complex issues facing migrants worldwide. Written in a comprehensive yet accessible style, this Research Handbook will be an excellent resource for undergraduate and graduate students as well researchers and academics interested in migration, policy, law, security, border crossing, informal labour, crime and civil support to migrants.Trade Review‘With a stellar line up of established and early career scholars in the field, this Handbook is a must-read for everyone interested in understanding the multi-scalar politics of migrants’ irregularisation, its everyday impacts on the lives of migrants with no or precarious immigration status and opportunities and spaces for contestation and resistance.’ -- Nando Sigona, University of Birmingham, UK‘This timely volume brings together leading theorists on irregular migration to provide a comprehensive picture of cutting-edge research in the field. A must read for scholars of borders, migration, and state violence.’ -- Reece Jones, University of Hawai'i-Manoa, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface xxi Introduction: the production of irregular migration 1 Ilse van Liempt, Joris Schapendonk and Amalia Campos-Delgado PART I APPROACHES AND PERSPECTIVES ON IRREGULAR MIGRATION 1 Irregular migration and migration control policies 14 Anna Triandafyllidou 2 Invisible, vulnerable, heroic and criminal: a gendered history of migration labelling 25 Marlou Schrover 3 How to research “irregular” migration: approaches and perspectives from the field 36 Shiva S. Mohan, Alison Mountz, Monica Romero and Ana Visan 4 Humans, not arrows: countering the violent cartography of undocumented migration 49 Henk van Houtum and Rodrigo Bueno Lacy 5 Situated glossaries of (ir)regular migration 66 Kolar Aparna, Manju Sharma, Arlene Bugabo and Beatrice Catanzaro 6 Beach encounters: migrant death and forensics as an art of paying attention 81 Amade M’charek PART II ASPIRATIONS AND FACILITATION OF IRREGULAR MIGRATION 7 Welcome aboard KLM Air Land! Hope and uncertainty in precarious migration projects 95 Nauja Kleist 8 Irregular migrants and families: the challenges of transnational family lives in times of limited mobility and transient settlement 106 Inka Stock 9 Deterrence or empowerment? Awareness and information campaigns as a migration governance tool to stop irregular migration 118 Ida Marie Savio Vammen 10 How unintended are these consequences? The changing environment for migration facilitation in Niger since 2015 130 Ekaterina Golovko and Fransje Molenaar 11 Re-socializing migrant networks: moving beyond dominant migrant-network approaches 140 Richard Staring and Mieke Kox PART III EVERYDAY LIFE AND (IM)MOBILITY 12 The irregularity maze: investigating asymmetries and discontinuities in the interaction between migrants’ geographic mobility and regulatory frameworks 153 Milena Belloni, Ferruccio Pastore and Emanuela Roman 13 Stuck in camps, at sea and in illegality: dimensions of stuckedness endured by Rohingya refugees 168 Antje Missbach 14 Irregular times: refugees’ struggles for a temporal justice in the European (im)mobility regime 178 Elena Fontanari 15 Children’s mobility across the EU governance of unauthorized migration as a game of chutes and ladders: evidence from Libya, Italy, Greece and Belgium 190 Giacomo Orsini, Océane Uzureau, Malte Behrendt, Marina Rota, Sarah Adeyinka, Ilse Derluyn and Ine Lietaert 16 The U.S. response to undocumented immigrant youth: “deferred” mobilities in New York 202 Guillermo Yrizar Barbosa PART IV INFORMAL AND IRREGULAR LABOUR AND EXPLOITABILITY 17 Migrant women workers in Europe: forms of irregularity and conditions of vulnerability 215 Giulia Garofalo Geymonat, Sabrina Marchetti and Letizia Palumbo 18 Casting outside regular pathways: state restrictions to Sri Lankan female migration 227 Chandima Arambepola 19 Becoming sanfei: the irregularization of foreign migrants in China 239 Guangzhi Huang and Heidi Østbø Haugen The research for this book chapter has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Grant Agreement No. 802070). 20 Making a living while on the move: migrant trajectories, hierarchized mobilities and local labour landscapes in Central America 250 Nanneke Winters 21 Illegalized refugees seeking protection in the Hong Kong economy 261 Francesco Vecchio PART V GEOPOLITICS AND MICROPOLITICS OF CONTROL 22 Helping people feel that their future lies at home: the geopolitics of externalising irregular migration control in the European Union 271 Michael Collyer 23 Regularizing irregular sojourners: the avenue of “deservingness” 282 Maurizio Ambrosini 24 Being (in)visible: exploring the post-return categorisations of Cameroonian migrants 293 Presca Wanki, Ilse Derluyn and Ine Lietaert 25 On the administration of evil: frontline bureaucrats resolving ethical tensions while enforcing oppressive deportation policies 305 Barak Kalir 26 Dirty borderwork and maculated borders: examining the Mexican transit control regime 316 Amalia Campos-Delgado PART VI SOLIDARITY, ADVOCACY AND CONTESTATION 27 Autonomous and civic solidarity practices towards irregular migrants in Europe 328 Martin Bak Jørgensen 28 Undocumented immigrant activism: the struggle for rights and recognition 338 Walter J. Nicholls and Zayda Sorrell-Medina 29 Autonomous migration and transgressive solidarity: the case of the El Hiblu 3 Daniela DeBono and Ċetta Mainwaring 30 Contesting the lethal Mediterranean frontier Charles Heller, Lorenzo Pezzani and Maurice Stierl Afterword Alison Mountz Index
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Multilingual Matters Language Learning and Forced Migration
Book SynopsisThis pioneering piece of research on the situated study of language issues in the context of forced migration provides interdisciplinary insights into language as learned, used and lived by 12 Congolese refugees in Norway. It offers an innovative contribution to the field of SLA by bringing together structural, cognitive, social and critical approaches to data collected among the same individuals, these individuals being underrepresented within the field of SLA research as both refugees and learners whose experiences with language stem from the Global South. Their histories of mobility and their learning contexts are rarely reflected in theories and concepts from the Global North and this book thus makes a much-needed contribution to the field.Trade ReviewThis book is a fascinating linguistic, pragmatic, and ethnographic exploration of multilingualism and additional language (AL) learning among refugees relocated to Norway. Particularly compelling are its insights into why AL learning can be difficult for multilinguals living in the AL environment and receiving regular language instruction, even when the AL is similar to languages they already know. * Scott Jarvis, University of Utah, USA *This book presents a fascinating and multi-perspectival take on language learning triggered by forced migration, surely one of the most pressing and under-addressed issues in language education at the present time. Its focus on how this plays out for multilingual learners and its location in a Nordic country adds to its distinctiveness. * Mike Baynham, University of Leeds, UK *With this important volume Steien and Monsen initiate a welcome reflection on the specific language learning needs of forced migrants. Contributors throw light on a variety of themes: from the different learning contexts of migrants to the effects of official policies, from emic perspectives on learning to language awareness. These much-needed reflections provide a significant addition to the literature on language, education and migration. * Anna De Fina, Georgetown University, USA *Table of ContentsContributors Acknowledgements Foreword Chapter 1. Guri Bordal Steien and Marte Monsen: Introduction: Language Learning and Forced Migration Part 1: Emic Perspectives and Learning Contexts Chapter 2. Marte Monsen and Guri Bordal Steien: Women, Children, Dogs, Flowers and Men: Constructions of Norway and Investment in Norwegian Language Learning Chapter 3: Guri Bordal Steien: 'In Uganda, We Collected Them in the Streets': On (the Absence of) the Street as a Language Learning Space Chapter 4. Verónica Pájaro: Scripts and Texts as Technologies of Refugee Governmentality in the Norwegian Introduction Programme Chapter 5. Marte Monsen and Marianne Eek: 'Because I Was the Only One Who Dared': Approaches to Multilingual Repertoires in Adult Language Training Chapter 6. Marte Monsen: Resettling Literacies: The Case of Sarah and Simon Part 2: Language Practices, Knowledge and Learning Chapter 7. Ida Syvertsen: Syllable Structures in English Speech Produced by Multilingual Speakers with Histories of Mobility Chapter 8. Sylvi Rørvik: Word Order in Additional Language English Spoken by Multilinguals Chapter 9. Gunhild Tveit Randen: 'The Sound of Asking a Question': Metalanguage and Crosslinguistic Awareness in Adults Learning Norwegian as an Additional Language Chapter 10. Bård Uri Jensen: Syntactic Complexity in Early Adult Additional Language Norwegian Chapter 11. Marte Nordanger: A Year Goes By: A Longitudinal Study of Verb–Locative Constructions in Additional Language Norwegian Chapter 12. Paulina Horbowicz: Pragmatic Development in Four Congolese Refugees’ Norwegian: Response to Topic Initial Elicitors and Topic Proffers Chapter 13. Guri Bordal Steien and Marte Monsen: Conclusion: Towards a Research Agenda on Language Learning and Forced Migration Index
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Berghahn Books Un-Settling Middle Eastern Refugees: Regimes of
Book Synopsis Since the Iraq war, the Middle East has been in continuous upheaval, resulting in the displacement of millions of people. Arriving from Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, and Syria in other parts of the world, the refugees show remarkable resilience and creativity amidst profound adversity. Through careful ethnography, this book vividly illustrates how refugees navigate regimes of exclusion, including cumbersome bureaucracies, financial insecurities, medical challenges, vilifying stereotypes, and threats of violence. The collection bears witness to their struggles, while also highlighting their aspirations for safety, settlement, and social inclusion in their host societies and new homes.Trade Review “This book is especially vital for North American readers in showing the breadth and complexity of Middle Eastern refugee flows, the widely varying ways that different countries respond to them, and the limitations and options of the refuge sought and sometimes found. Though attention to Canada and the US is limited, the focus on health issues is valuable, especially for highlighting the physical and social barriers that refugee women confront. Highly Recommended.” • Choice “The book offers an important and much-needed contribution to the anthropological literature on displacement and humanitarianism, as well as to the interdisciplinary study of Middle Eastern refugees… it addresses an important gap in both academic and public debates on its subject matter in an eloquent and powerful way.” • Secil Dagtas, University of WaterlooTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Un-Settling Middle Eastern Refugees Lucia Volk and Marcia C. Inhorn Part I: (Dis)Counting Refugees Chapter 1. When States Need Refugees: Iraqi Kurdistan and the Security Alibi Kali Rubaii Chapter 2. Navigating Precarity, Prejudice, and “Return”: The (Un)Settlement of Displaced Afghans in Iran and Afghanistan Naysan Adlparvar Chapter 3. Unsettling “Refugees” as a Category: Labeling, Imagined Populations, and Statistics in a Palestinian Refugee Camp in Beirut Gustavo Barbosa Part II: Protesting Exclusion Chapter 4. Middle Eastern Refugeehood in the Happiest Place on Earth: Syrians and Iraqis Entering Finland’s Welfare State Bureaucracy Lindsay A. Gifford Chapter 5. “I Live Here; I Have a Right to be Here”: An Afghan Refugee’s Disorientations and Insistence on Inclusion through Theater Julie Nynne Bune Chapter 6. Demanding their Welcome: Agency-in-Waiting at a Protest Camp in Dortmund, Germany Lucia Volk Part III: Making Lives in Exile Chapter 7. Living as Enduring: The Struggle for Life against the Limits of Refuge among Gaza Refugees in Jordan Michael Vicente Pérez Chapter 8. Reimagining “the Arab Way” in Exile: Futures “Off Line” among Syrian Men in Amman Emilie Lund Mortensen Chapter 9. Proactive Reciprocity: Educational Trajectories Reclaimed through Patterns of Care among Refugee Men in Greece Árdís K. Ingvars Part IV: Seeking Health Chapter 10. America’s Wars and Iraqis’ Lives: Toxic Legacies, Refugee Vulnerabilities, and Regimes of Exclusion in the United States Marcia C. Inhorn Chapter 11. Regimes of Exclusion in the Reproductive Healthcare Setting: Exploring Experiences of Syrian Refugees in San Diego, California Morgen Chalmiers Chapter 12. Valuing Health, Negotiating Paradoxes: Medicalization of the Hymen, Hymenoplasty, and Women’s Healthcare in Ontario Verena E. Kozmann Part V: Reshaping Humanitarianism Chapter 13. A Death Sentence? UNWRA in the Trump Era Khaldun Bshara Chapter 14. Race, Religion, and Afghan Refugees’ Practices of Care in Greece Zareena A. Grewal Chapter 15. Blurred Lines and Syrian Tea: Negotiations of Humanitarian-Refugee Relationships in France Rachel J. Farell Chapter 16. Inclusive Partnerships: Building Resilience Humanitarianism with Syrian Refugee Youth in Jordan Catherine Panter-Brick Conclusion: Rethinking Exclusion and Inclusion in Refugee Resettlement Marcia C. Inhorn and Lucia Volk Index
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Berghahn Books Latin America and Refugee Protection: Regimes,
Book Synopsis Looking at refugee protection in Latin America, this landmark edited collection assesses what the region has achieved in recent years. It analyses Latin America’s main documents in refugee protection, evaluates the particular aspects of different regimes, and reviews their emergence, development and effect, to develop understanding of refugee protection in the region. Drawing from multidisciplinary texts from both leading academics and practitioners, this comprehensive, innovative and highly topical book adopts an analytical framework to understand and improve Latin America’s protection of refugees.Trade Review “It is a very important book… not only because of its quality but also because there is nothing like this in the market in English, Spanish or Portuguese.” • Diego Acosta, University of Bristol “Provides a comprehensive approach to understanding the regional architecture of refugee protection, and the ways in which the history and politics of Latin America make its regimes of refugee protection distinctive.” • Karen Jacobsen, Tufts UniversityTable of Contents List of Figures List of Abbreviations Foreword James C. Hathaway Introduction: Refugee Protection in Latin America: Logics, Regimes and Challenges Liliana Lyra Jubilut, Marcia Vera Espinoza and Gabriela Mezzanotti Part I: The Regime of the Cartagena Declaration Chapter 1. The 1984 Cartagena Declaration: A Critical Review of Some Aspects of its Emergence and Relevance José H. Fischel de Andrade Chapter 2. The Invisible Majority: Internally Displaced People in Latin America and the San José Declaration Elizabeth Rushing and Andrés Lizcano Rodriguez Chapter 3. The Mixed Legacy of the Mexico Declaration and Plan of Action: Solidarity and Refugee Protection in Latin America Marcia Vera Espinoza Chapter 4. The Brazil Declaration and Plan of Action: A Model for Other Regions Emily E. Arnold-Fernandez, Karina Sarmiento Torres and Gabriella Kallas Part I Commentary: The Cartagena Declaration Regime of ‘Refugee’ Protection Susan Kneebone Part II: The Regime of the InterAmerican Human Rights System Chapter 5. Against the Current: Protecting Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Other Persons in Need of International Protection Under the Inter-American Human Rights System Álvaro Botero Navarro Chapter 6. Refugee Protection and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Melissa Martins Casagrande Part II Commentary: The Inter-American Human Rights System and Refugee Protection Deborah Anker Part III: Regional Responses to the International Regime on Refugee Protection Chapter 7. From the Brasilia Declaration to the Brazil Plan of Action: How was the Goal of Eradicating Statelessness in the Americas Forged? Juan Ignacio Mondelli Chapter 8. The “100 Points of Brasilia”: Latin America’s Dialogue with the Global Compact on Refugees Liliana Lyra Jubilut, Gabriela Mezzanotti and Rachel de Oliveira Lopes Part III Commentary: Regional Responses to the International Regime on Refugee Protection Jennifer Hyndman Part IV: Other Forms of Protection Beyond the Regional Refugee Regime Chapter 9. The Residence Agreement of Mercosur as an Alternative Form of Protection: The Challenges of a Milestone in Regional Migration Governance Leiza Brumat Chapter 10. Trends in Latin American Domestic Refugee Law Luisa Feline Freier and Nieves Fernandez Rodríguez Chapter 11. How Humanitarian are Humanitarian Visas? An Analysis of Theory and Practice in Latin America Luisa Feline Freier and Marta Luzes Part IV Commentary: Other Forms of Protection Beyond the Regional Refugee Regime in Latin America Pablo Ceriani Cernadas Part V: Current Regional Refugees Crisis Chapter 12. Responding to Forced Displacement in the North of Central America: Progress and Challenges Suzanna Nelson-Pollard Chapter 13. Displacement in Colombia: IDPs, Refugees, and Human Rights in the Legal Framework of the 2016 Peace Process Wellington Pereira Carneiro Chapter 14. How the Venezuelan Exodus Challenges a Regional Protection Response: “Creative” Solutions to an Unprecedented Phenomenon in Colombia and Brazil João Carlos Jarochinski Silva, Alexandra Castro and Cyntia Sampaio Chapter 15. No Place for Refugees? The Haitian Flow within Latin America and the Challenge of International Protection in Disaster Situations Beatriz Eugenia Sánchez-Mojica Part V Commentary: Current Regional Refugees “Crisis” Leticia Calderon Afterword: Driving with the Rearview Mirror? Latin America and Refugee Protection Carolina Moulin Annex: Legal Frameworks for Refugee Protection in Latin America Alyssa Marie Kvalvaag Index
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Berghahn Books Opening Up the University: Teaching and Learning
Book Synopsis Through a series of empirically and theoretically informed reflections, Opening Up the University offers insights into the process of setting up and running programs that cater to displaced students. Including contributions from educators, administrators, practitioners, and students, this expansive collected volume aims to inspire and question those who are considering creating their own interventions, speaking to policy makers and university administrators on specific points relating to the access and success of refugees in higher education, and suggests concrete avenues for further action within existing academic structures.Trade Review “This compelling edited collection draws on a range of contributors working within different contexts to in order to push the boundaries of existent debates and discourses in the field. I found it moving, thought-provoking, and inherently ethical in its framing.” • Jacqueline Stevenson, University of LeedsTable of Contents Acknowledgements List of illustrations Introduction Céline Cantat, Ian M. Cook and Prem Kumar Rajaram Part I: Academic Displacements Chapter 1. The Refugee Outsider and the Active European Citizen: European Migration and Higher Education Policies and the Production of Belonging and Non-Belonging Prem Kumar Rajaram Chapter 2. The Double Bind of Academic Freedom: Reflections from the UK and Venezuela Mariya P. Ivancheva Chapter 3. Rethinking Universities: A Reflection on the University’s Role in Fostering Refugees’ Inclusion Rosa Di Stefano and Benedetta Cassani Chapter 4. The 2016/2017 Turn Towards Authoritarian Pressures on Academics Leyla Safta-Zecheria Chapter 5. The Politics of University Access and Refugee Higher Education Programmes Can the Contemporary University be Opened? Céline Cantat Part II: Re-Learning Teaching Chapter 6. Can We Think about how to Improve the World?’ Designing Curricula with Refugee Students Mwenza Blell, Josie McLellan, Richard Pettigrew and Tom Sperlinger Chapter 7. Experts by Experience: The Scope and Limits of Collaborative Pedagogy with Marginalized Asylum Seekers Rubina Jasani, Jack López, Yamusu Nyang, Angie D., Dudu Mango, Rudo Mwoyoweshumba and Shamim Afhsan Chapter 8. What Happens to a Story? En/countering Imaginative Humanitarian Ethnography in the Classroom Erin Goheen Glanville Chapter 9. Digital Literacy for Refugees in the United Kingdom Israel Princewill Esenowo Chapter 10. Insider Views on English Language Pathway Programmes to Australian Universities Victoria Wilson, Homeira Babaei, Merna Dolmai and Suhail Sawa Chapter 11. Enacting Inclusion and Citizenship through Pedagogical Staff Development Luisa Bunescu Chapter 12. Focus Pulled to Hungary: Case Study of the OLIve Participatory Video Workshop Klára Trencsényi and Jeremy Braverman Part III: Debordering the University Chapter 13. Fuck Prestige Ian M. Cook Chapter 14. Reimagining Language in Higher Education: Engaging with the Linguistic Experiences of Students with Refugee and Asylum Seeker Backgrounds Rachel Burke Chapter 15. Our Voice Kutaiba Al Hussein and Akileo Mangeni Chapter 16. “Where are the Refugees?”: The Paradox of Asylum in Everyday Institutional Life in the Modern Academy and the Space-Time Banalities of Exception Kolar Aparna, Olivier Thomas Kramsch and Oumar Kande Chapter 17. The Importance of the Locality in Opening Universities to Refugee Students Ester Gallo, Barbara Poggio and Paola Bodio Chapter 18. Strategies Against Everyday Bordering in Universities: The Open Learning Initiatives Aura Lounasmaa, Erica Masserano, Michelle Harewood and Jessica Oddy Afterword John Clarke
£89.10
Berghahn Books Mediated Lives: Waiting and Hope among Iraqi
Book Synopsis Using the example of Iraqi refugees in Jordan's capital of Amman, this book describes how information and communication technologies (ICTs) play out in the everyday experiences of urban refugees, geographically located in the Global South, and shows how interactions between online and offline spaces are key for making sense of the humanitarian regime, for carving out a sense of home and for sustaining hope. This book paints a humanizing account of making do amid legal marginalization, prolonged insecurity, and the proliferation of digital technologies.Trade Review “…well-grounded in the complex realities and frustrations of Twigt’s interlocutors, giving the reader key insights into the understandings and expectations displaced Iraqis have of the UNHCR in Jordan... The author paints a detailed picture of the digital lives of refugees outside Europe, showing diverse forms of waiting in the digital space that go beyond the traditionally researched sites of queues, camps, and job centres in forced migration studies. In this way, the book illustrates the crucial mediation between material realities and digital geographies for refugees that should inform how we frame displaced communities in the Global South and beyond.” • Journal of Refugee Studies “This is an excellent, innovative and urgent book detailing and theorizing the mediated sense-making practices of refugees negotiating prolonged situations of displacement.” • Koen Leurs, Utrecht University “Tackles an important dimension of refugee experience, focusing specifically on the lives of Iraqi urban refugees in Amman. In this way, this research extends the growing body of studies of urban refugees, and their experiences especially in the cities of the Global South.” • Katarzyna Grabska, Peace Research Institute, OsloTable of Contents Acknowledgments Notes on Translation and Transliteration List of Abbreviations Introduction: Becoming and Being a (Dis)connected Forced Migrant Chapter 1. ‘Life is Like a Waiting Stop’ – Situating Experiences of Iraqi Refugees in Jordan’s Temporary Protection Context Chapter 2. Hoping for Solutions in a ‘Surrogate State’ Chapter 3. Tactics to Get ‘Unstuck’ – Refugee Protests and Seeking Alternative Means to Travel Chapter 4. Prolonged Legal Uncertainties and their Interaction with Virtual Homemaking Practices in Amman Chapter 5. The Mediation of Hope: Digital Technologies and Affective Affordances within Iraqi Refugee Households Chapter 6. Post-humanitarian Shifts in Jordan’s Protection Space Chapter 7. Fast-forward to 2018: Technologies Towards Accountability for UNHCR Jordan’s Persons of Concern Conclusion: (Dis)connectivity and the Politics of Hope References Index
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Berghahn Books Durable Solutions: Challenges with Implementing
Book Synopsis Focusing on Georgia, this book presents a theoretical and empirical study on the implementation of durable solutions for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Building on extensive field research, it describes and explains the considerable problems which Georgia faces in establishing global norms, as well as the ongoing hardship that IDPs experience. Importantly, the book reveals the simultaneous progress and setbacks in implementing durable solutions. Successfully combining approaches from humanistic studies, international relations, and organizational sociology, this book explains the interaction of norms and actors at and among three societal levels: the international, national, and local.Trade Review “I really enjoyed reading this monograph…. This book is much more than area studies research on Georgia as this volume is likely to bear theoretical implications generalizable beyond the Georgian case study. Empirical data collected through ethnographic participant observation, elite interviews, and focus groups is rich and fascinating.” • Huseyn Aliyev, University of GlasgowTable of Contents List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Preface Note on Language Introduction Chapter 1. Historical Background: The Causes of Internal Displacement in Georgia Chapter 2. A Research Framework: Studying the Implementation of Durable Solutions Chapter 3. The International Level: Protracted Displacement and Durable Solutions Chapter 4. Implementing the Guiding Principles at the National Level Chapter 5. The Local Level: The Human Rights Situation in Zugdidi Chapter 6. The Local Level: Actors and Activities Chapter 7. Connecting the International, National and the Local Level Conclusion References Index
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