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Displacement Beyond Conflict : Challenges for the 21st Century / Gareth Morrell, Christopher McDowell.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781845457723
  • 9781845459833
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 325 22
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables, Boxes and Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- CHAPTER ONE Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO Displacement: Conceptual Difficulties -- CHAPTER THREE Counting the Displaced -- CHAPTER FOUR Governance and Management of Non-conflict Displacement -- CHAPTER FIVE Displacement as an Economic and Development Dilemma -- CHAPTER SIX Environment and Climate Change -- CHAPTER SEVEN Unstable Peace -- CHAPTER EIGHT Conclusion – Displacement Challenges for the Twenty-first Century -- Notes on Authors -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: There is growing political concern about the increasing numbers of people displaced both within the borders of their countries and internationally. This volume explores the interrelated drivers of contemporary global displacement with a particular focus on low-level conflict, climatic and environmental change and infrastructure development. The authors examine the governance of global displacement assessing the protection needs and responses of national governments and the international community. It further considers options for improving the humanitarian and political management of this growing problem.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables, Boxes and Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- CHAPTER ONE Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO Displacement: Conceptual Difficulties -- CHAPTER THREE Counting the Displaced -- CHAPTER FOUR Governance and Management of Non-conflict Displacement -- CHAPTER FIVE Displacement as an Economic and Development Dilemma -- CHAPTER SIX Environment and Climate Change -- CHAPTER SEVEN Unstable Peace -- CHAPTER EIGHT Conclusion – Displacement Challenges for the Twenty-first Century -- Notes on Authors -- Bibliography -- Index

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There is growing political concern about the increasing numbers of people displaced both within the borders of their countries and internationally. This volume explores the interrelated drivers of contemporary global displacement with a particular focus on low-level conflict, climatic and environmental change and infrastructure development. The authors examine the governance of global displacement assessing the protection needs and responses of national governments and the international community. It further considers options for improving the humanitarian and political management of this growing problem.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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