| Description |
1 online resource (x, 345 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: The rise and decline of a global security actor -- From explaining to constructing security : a conceptual analysis -- Victims or threats? : placing displacement on three security agendas -- Institutional and international developments -- The 1950s to 1970s : timidity and restraint in UNHCR's discourse -- The 1980s : a political turn -- The 1990s : adopting and adapting a security discourse -- The 2000s and beyond : return of a protection discourse -- UNHCR's rise as a global security actor : Northern Iraq, 1991 -- A humanitarian star : lead agency in Bosnia, 1991-95 -- Protection disaster in Eastern Zaire, 1994-96 -- How success became failure : the Kosovo Crisis, 1998-99 -- Challenges of protection after 9/11 -- Repatriating Afghan refugees -- Conclusion: The ongoing quest for power, independence and relevance |
| Summary |
This title investigates the rise of the UNHCR as a global security actor and follows the refugee agency through some of the past two decades' major conflict-induced humanitarian emergencies, including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Iraq, Kosovo, and Zaire/Congo |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from pdf information screen (Ebsco, viewed March 28, 2014) |
| Subject |
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
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| SUBJECT |
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees fast |
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Vereinte Nationen Hoher Kommissar für Flüchtlinge gnd |
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Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Security, International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Security, International
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
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Refugees.
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Human rights.
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International protection.
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Human security.
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International peace and security.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191016134 |
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0191016136 |
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9781306460569 |
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1306460565 |
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9780191746673 |
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0191746673 |
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