Description
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 Glasgow
Table 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
