Refugee Crises, 1945-2000: Political and Societal Responses in International Comparison

ISBN-13: 9781108835138 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 350 str.

Jan C. Jansen; Washington DC) Simone Lässig (German Historical Institute

Opis

This timely study examines responses to mass refugee movements by a range of actors from local communities to supranational organizations. Bringing together ten case studies from around the world, it pays particular attention to receiving societies in the Global South and to the long-term consequences of 'refugee crises'.

Recenzje

'… the book will be useful to those interested in learning about refugees and how they are treated worldwide.' G. M. Farr, Choice

Spis treści

List of contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Responses to refugee crises in international comparison Jan C. Jansen and Simone Lässig; Part I. The postwar and decolonization moment: 2. Expellee integration in post-1945 Europe: west Germany, east Germany, and Finland Pertti Ahonen; 3. Integrating without a host society: the repopulation of Poland's western territories after 1945 Gregor Thum; 4. Pakistan: refugee state Ian Talbot; 5. Transgenerational displacement among palestinians and palestinian refugees from Syria in Jordan Kelly Luisa Gandolfo; 6. A matter of definition: flight from empire and aftermath in Europe Andrea Smith; Part II. Refugee movements during the cold war and beyond: 7. The 1956/57 Hungarian refugee crisis and the role of the Canadian press in opening the doors to asylum seekers Christopher Adam; 8. Responding to and resettling the Vietnamese boat people: perspectives from west Germany and the United States Quan T. Tran; 9. State and civil society responses to salvadoran refugees in the United States, 1980–1990 Patrick Scallen; 10. The plight of the first post-cold war refugees: the reception and settlement of bosnians in Austria and the United States Barbara Franz; 11. Rwandan refugees in Tanzania, 1994–1996 Jill Rosenthal; Part III. Afterword: 12. Recalibrating refugees: global and historical perspectives Leo Lucassen; Index.