UNHCR: The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection (Global Institutions) - Softcover

Betts, Alexander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 041578283X ISBN 13: 9780415782838

Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

This revised and expanded second edition of The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) continues to offer a concise and comprehensive introduction to both the world of refugees and the organizations that protect and assist them. This updated edition also includes:

• up to date coverage of the UNHCR’s most recent history and policy developments
• evaluation of new thinking on issues such as working in UN integrated operations and within the UN peacebuilding commission
• assessment of the UNHCR’s record of working for IDP’s (internally displaced persons)
• discussion of the politics of protection and its implications for the work of the UNHCR
• outline of the new challenges for the agency including environmental refugees, victims of natural disasters and survival migrants.

Written by experts in the field, this is one of the very few books to trace the relationship between state interests, global politics, and the work of the UNHCR. This book will appeal to students, scholars, practitioners, and readers with an interest in international relations.

About this title

About the Author:

Alexander Betts is University Lecturer in Refugee Studies and Forced Migration at the University of Oxford. He has worked at UNHCR headquarters and is the author of Protection by Persuasion: International Cooperation in the Refugee Regime (2009).

Gil Loescher is Visiting Professor, Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of several books on refugees and international relations, including The UNHCR and World Politics (2001).

Alexander Betts is University Lecturer in Refugee Studies and Forced Migration at the University of Oxford. He has worked at UNHCR headquarters and is the author of Protection by Persuasion: International Cooperation in the Refugee Regime (2009).

Review:

Praise for previous edition:

'An important contribution' – Claudia Seymour, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 041578283X
• ISBN 13: 9780415782838
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 220