Escape from Violence: Conflict and the Refugee Crisis in the Developing World - Hardcover

Zolberg, Aristide R.; Suhrke, Astri; Aguayo, Sergio

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195055926 ISBN 13: 9780195055924

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1989

Synopsis

The magnitude of refugees movements in the Third World, widely perceived as an unprecedented crisis, has generated widespread concern in the West. This concern reveals itself as an ambiguous mixture of heartfelt compassion for the plight of the unfortunates cast adrift and a diffuse fear that they will come "pouring in." In this comprehensive study, the authors examine the refugee flows originating in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, and suggest how a better understanding of this phenomenon can be used by the international community to assist those in greatest need. Reviewing the history of refugee movements in the West, they show how their formation and the fate of endangered populations have also been shaped by the partisan objectives of receiving countries. They survey the kinds of social conflicts characteristic of different regions of the Third World and the ways refugees and refugee policy are made to serve broader political purposes.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This book seeks to foster a more critical and realistic understanding of the refugee phenomenon, so as to clarify the obligations of the more fortunate of the world toward others in great need, and the ways in which these are best implemented.This is the first attempt to provide a comprehensive, theoretically grounded explanation of refugee flows.From the Preface.

About the Author:

Aristide R. Zolberg is at New School for Social Research. Astri Suhrke is at The American University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0195055926
• ISBN 13: 9780195055924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 398