Refugees And The Transformation Of Societies

by Essed, Philomena; Frerks, Georg; Schrijvers, Joke (DRT)

• ISBN13: 9781845450335
• ISBN10: 1845450337
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-15
• Publisher: Berghahn Books

Summary

The refusal or reception of refugees has had serious implications for the social policies and social realities of numerous countries in east and west. Exploring experiences, interpretations and practices of "refugees," "the internally displaced," and "returnees" in, or emerging from, societies in violent conflict, this volume challenges prevailing orthodoxies and encourages new developments in refugee studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
List of Abbreviations	ix
Introduction: Refugees, Agency and Social Transformation	1	(18)
Philomena Essed
Georg Frerks
Joke Schrijvers
Part I: `Refugeehood': Claiming Spaces and Responsibilities
Refugeehood, Loss and Social Change: Eritrean Refugees and Returnees	19	(12)
Gaim Kibreab
Repatriation: Angolan Refugees or Migrating Villagers?	31	(11)
Oliver Bakewell
Space and Movement in the Sri Lankan Conflict	42	(11)
Oivind Fuglerud
Contested Refugee Status: Human Rights, Ethics and Social Responsibilities	53	(16)
Philomena Essed
Rianne Wesenbeek
Part II: Redefining Identities and Social Relationships
A Life Project out of Turmoil: Displacement and Gender in Colombia	69	(12)
Donny Meertens
Permanent Refugees: Female Camp Inhabitants in Bihar	81	(13)
Kathinka Sinha-Kerkhoff
New Opportunities: Angry Young Men in a Tanzanian Refugee Camp	94	(12)
Simon Turner
Identities and the Sense of Belonging: Iranian Women Activists in Exile	106	(15)
Halleh Ghorashi
Part III: Discouraging Policies; Empowering Agency
A Community Empowered? The Bosnia Project in the U.K.	121	(14)
Lynnette Kelly
Refugee-generated Return: the Case of Guatemala	135	(16)
Anita Rapone
Charles Simpson
Between Victim and Agent: Women's Ambivalent Empowerment in Displacement	151	(16)
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake
Part IV: Challenging Dichotomies: Relief versus Development
Refugees between Relief and Development	167	(12)
Georg Frerks
Rethinking the Relation between Relief and Development: `Villagisation' in Rwanda	179	(11)
Dorothea Hilhorst
Mathijs van Leeuwen
Dilemmas of Humanitarian Aid: Supporting Internal Refugees in Sri Lanka	190	(11)
Joke Schrijvers
Bibliography	201	(14)
Notes on Contributors	215	(4)
Index	219