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Of the world's refugees, more than a third live in Africa,
displaced from their homelands by war, poverty, famine and
political persecution. In this book, contributors explore key
issues related to these refugee populations. The first section
looks at the legal framework for defining and assisting refugees,
and the second deals with the issue of relief by considering
specific cases, the general problems faced and particular relief
efforts. Subsequent chapters examine forced migration, resettlement
and repatriation, conflict with local populations, integration of
refugees, and sustainable development.
In a protracted displacement situation, refugees are sequestered in
camps without right of mobility or employment; their lives remain
on hold and stagnate in a state of limbo for a long period. This
book reviews the situation and results of research and policies
that have left refugees as a forgotten group in protracted
situations. The work features case studies by experts who conducted
field work examining long-term protracted refugee situations in
Nepal, Thailand and Bangladesh, the protracted internally displaced
(IDP) situation in Sri Lanka, and the refugee and IDP situation in
Afghanistan. Also discussed is an emerging protracted refugee and
IDP problem in Iraq. The volume concludes with an analysis of the
lessons learned and the applications for policy, and incorporates a
valuable bibliography detailing research in this hugely important
area. This is a critical resource for academics and policy makers
concerned with migration and governance issues.
In a protracted displacement situation, refugees are sequestered in
camps without right of mobility or employment; their lives remain
on hold and stagnate in a state of limbo for a long period. This
book reviews the situation and results of research and policies
that have left refugees as a forgotten group in protracted
situations. The work features case studies by experts who conducted
field work examining long-term protracted refugee situations in
Nepal, Thailand and Bangladesh, the protracted internally displaced
(IDP) situation in Sri Lanka, and the refugee and IDP situation in
Afghanistan. Also discussed is an emerging protracted refugee and
IDP problem in Iraq. The volume concludes with an analysis of the
lessons learned and the applications for policy, and incorporates a
valuable bibliography detailing research in this hugely important
area. This is a critical resource for academics and policy makers
concerned with migration and governance issues.
Of the world's refugees, more than a third live in Africa,
displaced from their homelands by war, poverty, famine and
political persecution. In this book, contributors explore key
issues related to these refugee populations. The first section
looks at the legal framework for defining and assisting refugees,
and the second deals with the issue of relief by considering
specific cases, the general problems faced and particular relief
efforts. Subsequent chapters examine forced migration, resettlement
and repatriation, conflict with local populations, integration of
refugees, and sustainable development.
Refugee displacement is a global phenomenon that has uprooted
millions of individuals over the past century. In the 1980s,
repatriation became the preferred option for resolving the refugee
crisis. As human rights achieved global eminence, refugees' right
of return fell under its umbrella. Yet return as a right and its
practice as a rite created a radical disconnect between principle
and everyday practice, and the repatriation of refugees and
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) remains elusive in cases of
forced displacement of victims by ethnic conflict.
Reviewing cases of ethnic displacement throughout the twentieth
century in Europe, Asia, and Africa, Howard Adelman and Elazar
Barkan juxtapose the empirical lack of repatriation in cases of
ethnic conflict, unless accompanied by coercion. The emphasis on
repatriation during the last several decades has obscured other
options, leaving refugees to spend years warehoused in camps.
Repatriation takes place when identity, defined by ethnicity or
religion, is not at the center of the displacing conflict, or when
the ethnic group to which the refugees belong are not a minority in
their original country or in the region to which they want to
return. Rather than perpetuate a ritual belief in return as a right
without the prospect of realization, Adelman and Barkan call for
solutions that bracket return as a primary focus in cases of ethnic
conflict.
Transforming student and learning supports is key to school
improvement and enhancing equity of opportunity. This work examines
the marginalization and fragmentation of student and learning
supports, and offers a design, prototypes, guides, and more for
system change. It delineates how to develop a unified,
comprehensive, and equitable system by reframing and redeploying
the ways schools address learning and teaching barriers in the
classroom and schoolwide. It draws on years of research and offers
examples from work at local and state levels. The text provides
detailed frameworks for expanding school improvement policy to
unify student and learning supports, rework operational
infrastructures, and make sustainable systemic changes. There are
also frameworks and guides for in-classroom supports, supporting
transitions, creating home and community engagement, providing
crisis assistance and prevention, and personalizing student and
family assistance. Rooted in research, field trials, and common
sense and focused on collaborative solutions, Transforming Student
and Learning Supports offers a fundamental perspective for any
course that addresses school improvement. The book is a valuable
resource for undergraduate and graduate courses, continuing
professional development, policy makers, and a wide variety of
stakeholders who are concerned with enhancing equity of opportunity
for students.
Human rights is all too often the first casualty of national
insecurity. How can democracies cope with the threat of terror
while protecting human rights? This timely volume compares the
lessons of the United States and Israel with the "best-case
scenarios" of the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, and Germany. It
demonstrates that threatened democracies have important options,
and democratic governance, the rule of law, and international
cooperation are crucial foundations for counterterror policy. The
contributors include: Howard Adelman, Colm Campbell, Pilar Domingo,
Richard Falk, David Forsythe, Wolfgang S. Heinz, Pedro Ibarra, Todd
Landman, Salvador Marti, and, Daniel Wehrenfennig.
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Roads to Reconciliation (Hardcover)
Elin Skaar, Siri Gloppen, Astri Suhrke; Contributions by Howard Adelman, Tone Bringa, …
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The past two decades have witnessed the end of several civil wars
and authoritarian regimes. In a period shaped by the ideal of
democratization, in which more countries are emerging from
deep-rooted conflicts, international attention is turning to the
question of how societies with a grievous past face issues of
accountability and reconciliation. How do societies deal with a
past characterized by gross human rights violations? What kinds of
processes judicial as well as non-judicial are most likely to
generate a sense of reconciliation? Using an interdisciplinary
approach, this book provides a systematic and comparative analysis
of reconciliation processes in various societies that in recent
years have made a transition from authoritarian to democratic rule,
or from war to relative peace. Revisiting case studies from Latin
America, Africa, Europe, and Asia through a lens of comparative
analysis, shedding new light on how societies have dealt with their
violent pasts, Roads to Reconciliation is essential reading for
both scholars and practitioners concerned with human rights,
transitional justice, or peace building."
The past two decades have witnessed the end of several civil wars
and authoritarian regimes. In a period shaped by the ideal of
democratization, in which more countries are emerging from
deep-rooted conflicts, international attention is turning to the
question of how societies with a grievous past face issues of
accountability and reconciliation. How do societies deal with a
past characterized by gross human rights violations? What kinds of
processes--judicial as well as non-judicial--are most likely to
generate a sense of reconciliation? Using an interdisciplinary
approach, this book provides a systematic and comparative analysis
of reconciliation processes in various societies that in recent
years have made a transition from authoritarian to democratic rule,
or from war to relative peace. Revisiting case studies from Latin
America, Africa, Europe, and Asia through a lens of comparative
analysis, shedding new light on how societies have dealt with their
violent pasts, Roads to Reconciliation is essential reading for
both scholars and practitioners concerned with human rights,
transitional justice, or peace building.
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