Displaced: The Human Cost of Development and Resettlement (Palgrave Studies in Oral History)

Bennett, O.; McDowell, C.

ISBN 10: 0230117864 / ISBN 13: 9780230117860

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Displaced: The Human Cost of Development and Resettlement (Palgrave Studies in Oral History)
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230117864
• ISBN 13: 9780230117860
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

A collection of oral histories that reveal the loss of cultural continuity, identity, shifts in family responsibilities, gender roles and fractured relationships between generations that are just some of the challenges people face as they attempt to rebuild lives and communities.

About the Author

OLIVIA BENNETT is a writer, editor and researcher in development information and publishing. She developed and ran the oral testimony programme of activities at Panos London, UK, and continues to advise on oral testimony in the development context.

CHRISTOPHER MCDOWELL is Reader in International Politics at City University, London, UK. A political anthropologist specializing in population displacement, he has undertaken consultancy and advisory work on resettlement issues for UN agencies, governments, banks, and NGOs.