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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Refugees & political asylum
Carefully piecing together the personal letters of Alice 'Liesel'
Schwab, Escaping Nazi Germany tells the important story of one
woman's emigration from Heilbronn to England. From the decision to
leave her family and emigrate alone, to gaining her independence as
a shop worker and surviving the Blitz, to the reunion with her
brother and parents in England and shared grief as they learn about
the fate of family members who died in the Holocaust, her story
provides powerful insight into both the everyday realities of
German-Jewish refugees in Britain and the ability of letters and
life-writing to create transnational networks during times of
trauma and separation. Elegantly written and deeply researched,
Joachim Schloer's emphatic and unflinching re-telling of Alice
Schwab's life sheds new light on the Jewish experience of
persecution during the Holocaust and adds nuances to current
debates on emigration, memory, and identity. This book is an
essential primary resource for scholars of modern European history
and Jewish studies, offering a compelling and intimate route into
understanding what it meant to be a Jewish refugee caught up in the
tragic and tumultuous events of World War II.
The whirlwind of Europe's longest war in half a century has
produced this powerful collection of personal narratives - essays,
letters, and poems - from refugees fleeing Bosnia and Croatia.
Taking us behind the barrage of media coverage, these stories tell
of perseverance, brutality, forced departure, exile, and courage.
With startling immediacy and in moving detail, speakers tell of
stuffing a few belongings - a handful of photographs, a rock from
the garden, a change of clothes--into a suitcase and fleeing their
homeland. Contributors from all ethnic groups and every region of
Bosnia and Croatia describe their sense of lost community, memories
of those left behind, recollections of town squares that no longer
exist, and homes now occupied by neighbors. The editors of "The
Suitcase", themselves representing the diverse people of the
region, traveled to camps and temporary homes across the globe to
collect these stories. An antidote to apathy, this work moves
beyond and outside the vicissitudes of daily politics to portray
the human tragedy at the center of present-day Bosnia and Croatia.
Probing the intimate losses of countless individuals, it delivers a
powerful indictment of injustice, militarism, prejudice, and
warfare.
Global politics has transformed in recent years due to a rise in
nationalist ideology, the breakdown of multiple societies, and even
nation-state legitimacy. The nation-state, arguably, has been in
question for much of the digital age, as citizens become
transnational and claim loyalty to many different groups, causes,
and in some cases, states. Thus, politics that accompany diasporic
communities have become increasingly important focal points of
comparative and political science research. Global Diaspora
Politics and Social Movements: Emerging Research and Opportunities
provides innovative insights into the dispersion of political and
social groups across the world through various research methods
such as case studies. This publication examines migration politics,
security policy, and social movements. It is designed for
academicians, policymakers, government officials, researchers, and
students, and covers topics centered on the distribution of social
groups and political groups.
All national identities are somewhat fluid, held together by
collective beliefs and practices as much as official territory and
borders. In the context of the Palestinians, whose national status
in so many instances remains unresolved, the articulation and
`imagination' of national identity is particularly urgent. This
book explores the ways that Palestinian intellectuals, artists,
activists and ordinary citizens `imagine' their homeland, examining
the works of key Palestinian thinkers and writers such as Edward
Said, Mahmoud Darwish, Mourid Barghouti, Ghassan Kanafani and Naji
Al Ali. Deploying Benedict Anderson's notion of `Imagined
Communities' and Edward Soja's theory of `Third Space', Tahrir
Hamdi argues that the imaginative construction of Palestine is a
key element in the Palestinians' ongoing struggle. An
interdisciplinary work drawing upon critical theory, postcolonial
studies and literary analysis, this book will be of interest to
students and scholars of Palestine and Middle East studies and
Arabic literature.
The history of U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East is marked by
numerous stark failures and a few ephemeral successes. Jimmy
Carter's short-lived Middle East diplomatic strategy constitutes an
exception in vision and approach. In this extensive and
long-overdue analysis of Carter's Middle East policy, Jorgen
Jensehaugen sheds light on this important and unprecedented chapter
in U.S. regional diplomacy. Against all odds, including the rise of
Menachem Begin's right-wing government in Israel, Carter broke new
ground by demanding the involvement of the Palestinians in
Arab-Israeli diplomatic negotiations. This book assesses the
president's `comprehensive peace' doctrine, which aimed to
encompass all parties of the conflict, and reveals the reasons why
his vision ultimately failed. Largely based on analysis of
newly-declassified diplomatic files and American, British,
Palestinian and Israeli archival sources, this book is the first
comprehensive examination of Jimmy Carter's engagement with the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict. At a time when U.S. involvement in
the region threatens to exacerbate tensions further, Arab-Israeli
Diplomacy under Carter provides important new insights into the
historical roots of the ongoing unrest. The book will be of value
to Middle East and International Relations scholars, and those
researching U.S diplomacy and the Carter Administration.
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