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Author Hajj, Nadya, author

Title Networked refugees : Palestinian reciprocity and remittances in the digital age / Nadya Hajj
Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource
Series Critical refugee studies ; 2
Critical refugee studies ; 2.
Contents Introduction : cooperation and community building in catastrophe -- Mapping Palestinian ahl and hamula networks in analog and digital spaces -- Reciprocity, enforcement, and economic remittances -- Social remittances and the disruption of traditional norms and community leaders -- Reciprocal activism in networked spaces
Summary "Almost 68.5 million refugees in the world today live in a protection gap, the chasm between protections stipulated in the Geneva Convention and the abrogation of those responsibilities by states and aid agencies. With dwindling humanitarian aid, how do refugee communities solve collective dilemmas, like raising funds for funeral services, or securing other critical goods and services? In Networked Refugees, Nadya Hajj finds that Palestinian refugees utilize Information Communication Technology platforms to motivate reciprocity-a cooperative action marked by the mutual exchange of favors and services-and informally seek aid and connection with their transnational diaspora community. Using surveys conducted with Palestinians throughout the diaspora, interviews with those inside the Nahr al Bared Refugee camp in Lebanon, and data pulled from online community spaces, these findings push back against the cynical idea that online organizing is fruitless, emphasizing instead the productivity of these digital networks"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Refugees, Palestinian Arab -- Social networks -- Lebanon
Information technology -- Social aspects -- Lebanon
Emigrant remittances -- Lebanon
Cooperation -- Lebanon
Refugees, Palestinian Arab -- Lebanon -- Economic conditions
Social Science / Refugees.
Technology & Engineering / Social Aspects.
Social Science / Regional Studies.
Cooperation.
Emigrant remittances.
Information technology -- Social aspects.
Lebanon.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021012047
ISBN 9780520383258
0520383257