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Author Loescher, Gil

Title The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) : the Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection into the 21st Century
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (180 pages)
Series Global Institutions, 32
Global Institutions, 32
Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The origins of international concern for refugees; 2 UNHCR in the Cold War, 1950-1991; 3 UNHCR in the post-Cold War era; 4 UNHCR as a global institution: Structures, relationships and the politics of funding; 5 Protection, solutions, and UNHCR's core mandate; 6 Conclusion: Towards the future; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
Summary This volume outlines the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees? (UNHCR) historical evolution and examines the key challenges faced by the organization as it moves into the twenty-first century
Notes Print version record
Form Electronic book
Author Betts, Alexander
Milner, James
ISBN 9780203928394
0203928393