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Book Synopsis Examining resettlement practices worldwide and drawing on contributions from anthropology, law, international relations, social work, political science, and numerous other disciplines, this ground-breaking volume highlights the conflicts between refugees’ needs and state practices, and assesses international, regional and national perspectives on resettlement, as well as the bureaucracies and ideologies involved. It offers a detailed understanding of resettlement, from the selection of refugees to their long-term integration in resettling states, and highlights the relevance of a lifespan approach to resettlement analysis.
Trade Review “This edited collection promises to become a standard read for anyone interested in the topic of resettlement. The book offers a much-needed critical take on the problematic fusion of (quasi-)humanitarian and control-oriented politics that characterizes today’s global migration and refugee management…. [and] the authors offer a well-informed insight into how resettlement has been conceptualized and reformed in recent decades.” • Martin Geiger, Carleton University
Table of Contents List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Refugee Resettlement as Humanitarian Governance: Power Dynamics
Adèle Garnier, Kristin Bergtora Sandvik, and Liliana Lyra Jubilut
PART I: REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Chapter 1. Strategic Use of Resettlement: Enhancing Solutions for Greater Protection?
Joanne van Selm
Chapter 2. A Legal History: The Emergence of the African Resettlement Candidate in International Refugee Management
Kristin Bergtora Sandvik
Chapter 3. Brazil’s Refugee Resettlement: Power, Humanitarianism and Regional Leadership
Liliana Lyra Jubilut and Andrea Cristina Godoy Zamur
PART II: NATIONAL POLICIES AND IDEOLOGIES OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT
Chapter 4. Working It Out in Practice: Tensions Embedded in the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program Resolved through Implementation
Jessica H. Darrow
Chapter 5. Resettled Refugees and Work in Canada and Quebec: Humanitarianism and the Challenge of Mainstream Socioeconomic Participation
Adèle Garnier
Chapter 6. The Structural and Institutional Exclusion of Refugees in Australia
Ibolya Losoncz
Chapter 7. Shaping the Political Space for Resettlement: The Debate on Burden Sharing in Norway Following the Syrian Refugee Crisis
Linn Marie Reklev and Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert
PART III: RESETTLEMENT BUREAUCRACIES AND RESETTLED REFUGEES IN LOCAL CONTEXTS
Chapter 8. Parallel Pasts, Presents, and Futures: Narratives of Cambodian and Karen Refugees in the United States
Denise C. Lewis and Savannah S. Young
Chapter 9. “Giving Cases Weight”: Congolese Refugees’ Tactics for Resettlement Selection
Marnie Jane Thomson
Chapter 10. The Politics of Resettlement: Expectations and Unfulfilled Promises in Chile and Brazil
Marcia A. Vera Espinoza
Conclusion: The Moral Economy of the Resettlement Regime
Astri Suhrke and Adèle Garnier
Annex: Current Refugee Resettlement Program Profiles
Amanda Cellini
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