The urbanization of forced displacement UNHCR, urban refugees, and the dynamics of policy change

"Displacement in the twenty-first century is urbanized. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the world's largest humanitarian organization and the main body charged with assisting displaced people globally, estimates that over 60 per cent of refugees now live in urban areas, a propor...

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1. Verfasser: Crawford, Neil James Wilson (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago McGill-Queen's University Press [2021]
Schriftenreihe:McGill-Queen's refugee and forced migration studies 6
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: The Urbanization of Forced Displacement
  • Conceptualizing Policy Change
  • Policy-Making in the United Nations
  • UNHCR and Urban Refugees : Avoiding Dependency, 1994-97
  • UNHCR and Urban Refugees : Decorating Our Bookshelves,1998-2003
  • UNHCR and Urban Refugees : Beyond Sprawling Camps, 2004-09
  • UNHCR in an Urban World