This book offers a novel approach to studying the political impact of refugees. It centres on the political incentives and reactions that arise in countries from hosting refugees. The first book to study protests by refugees and camp militarization in order to explain military intervention undertaken by neighboring countries, it focuses on two broad implications of refugee hosting: (1) the proclivity towards protests and refugee camp militarization in the host country; and (2) the likelihood that the host country will intervene militarily in the refugee sending neighboring country.
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This book offers a novel approach to studying the political impact of refugees. It centres on the political incentives and reactions that arise in ...
Partition and post-colonial migrations sometimes voluntary, often forced have created borders in South Asia that serve to oppress rather than protect. Migrants and refugees feel their real home lies beyond the border, and liberation struggles continue the quest for freedoms that have proven to be elusive for many. States scapegoat refugees as "outsiders" for their own ends, justifying the denial of their rights, while academic discourse on refugees represents them either as victims or as terrorists. Taking a stance against such projections, this book examines refugees struggles for better...
Partition and post-colonial migrations sometimes voluntary, often forced have created borders in South Asia that serve to oppress rather than prote...
