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Author Loescher, Gil, 1945-2020, author

Title Beyond charity : international cooperation and the global refugee crisis / Gil Loescher
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1993

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Description 1 online resource (x, 260 pages)
Series Twentieth Century Fund Book
Twentieth Century Fund Book
Contents Refugee movements: causes and consequences -- The origins of the international refugee regime -- The Cold War and the early development of the UNHCR -- The international refugee regime and Third World refugees -- Asylum crises in the industrialized world -- The limitations of the international refugee regime -- Resolving refugee problems: asylum and development assistance policies -- Resolving refugee problems: addressing political causes
Summary With more than 18 million refugees worldwide, the refugee problem has fostered an intense debate regarding what political changes are necessary in the international system to provide effective solutions in the 1990s and beyond. In the past, refugees have been perceived largely as a problem of international charity, but as the end of the Cold War triggers new refugee movements across the globe, governments are being forced to develop a more systematic approach to the refugee problem. Beyond Charity provides the first extensive overview of the world refugee crisis today, asserting that refugees
Analysis Refugees Welfare services
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-249)
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Subject Refugees -- Services for
Refugees
refugees.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
Refugees -- Services for
Vluchtelingenvraagstuk.
Vluchtelingenrecht.
UNHCR.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780198024347
0198024347
9786610760862
6610760861
9781280760860
1280760869
0195356071
9780195356076