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Author Shevel, Oxana

Title Migration, refugee policy, and state building in postcommunist Europe / Oxana Shevel
Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 287 pages) : illustrations
Contents Postcommunism, nationalism, and refugees -- Refugees and refugee politics in postcommunist states -- The Russian Federation -- Ukraine -- The Czech Republic -- Poland
Summary "Why do similar postcommunist states respond differently to refugees, with some being more receptive than others? Why do some states privilege certain refugee groups, while other states do not? This book presents a theory to account for this puzzle, and it centers on the role of the politics of nation-building and of the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). A key finding of the book is that when the boundaries of a nation are contested (and thus there is no consensus on which group should receive preferential treatment in state policies), a political space for a receptive and nondiscriminatory refugee policy opens up. The book speaks to the broader questions of how nationalism matters after communism, and under what conditions and through what mechanisms international actors can influence domestic polices. The analysis is based on extensive primary research the author conducted in four languages in the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Post-communism -- Europe, Eastern -- 1989- -- Case studies
Refugees -- Government policy -- Former communist countries -- Case studies
Nationalism -- Former communist countries -- Case studies
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
Nationalism
Post-communism
Refugees -- Government policy
SUBJECT Former communist countries -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- Case studies
Subject Eastern Europe
Former communist countries
Genre/Form Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781139161152
1139161156
9781139032599
1139032593