Catching Fire Containing Forced Migration in a Volatile World

by Hear, Van Nicholas; McDowell, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780739109236
• ISBN10: 0739109235
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-02-24
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Catching Fire provides for the first time an in-depth analysis of political and humanitarian catastrophes in which forced migration characterizes the complexity of both the emergency and the response. The book examines forced migration both within borders and beyond borders, giving attention to the complex combination of circumstances in which refugees often find themselves and the impact of relief programs.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
List of Acronyms	ix
List of Maps	xiii
Note on Currency	xiv
Introduction	1	(14)
Christopher McDowell
Nicholas Van Hear
Burundi: A Case of Humanitarian Neglect	15	(30)
Susan Forbes Martin
Trish Hiddleston
From Complex Displacement to Fragile Peace in Sri Lanka	45	(28)
Nicholas Van Hear
Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake
Protracted Displacement in Colombia: National and International Responses	73	(42)
Patricia Weiss Fagen
Amelia Fernandez Juan
Finn Stepputat
Roberto Vidal Lopez
Afghanistan's Complex Forced Migration	115	(26)
Peter Marsden
Georgia's Forced Migrants	141	(40)
Matthew Karanian
Displacement, Return, and Justice in the Creation of Timor Leste	181	(32)
Christopher McDowell
Conclusion: Re-casting Societies in Conflict	213	(10)
Nicholas Van Hear
Editors' Postscript	223	(6)
Bibliography	229	(14)
Index	243	(16)
About the Editors and Contributors	259