Arguing and Justifying: Assessing the Convention Refugees' Choice of Moment, Motive and Host Country (Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations Series)

Barsky, Robert F.

ISBN 10: 0754614816 / ISBN 13: 9780754614814

Published by Routledge, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Arguing and Justifying: Assessing the Convention Refugees' Choice of Moment, Motive and Host Country (Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations Series)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754614816
• ISBN 13: 9780754614814
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

This is the first book of its kind to address the crucial issue of why people choose to make Convention refugee claims. It represents a substantial and original contribution primarily to the field of refugee studies but also applicable for a broader readership of political science, international studies, sociology, law, history and women’s studies. Furthermore, it theorizes the problems that face refugees by discussing the perception of the possible host countries. The conclusions of the book bear directly upon contemporary issues in refugee studies that suggest refugees move on the basis of (generally) extreme levels of persecution.

About the Author

Robert F. Barsky is Professor of English, French, American Studies, and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of Noam Chomsky: A Life of Dissent (1997, 1998) and The Chomsky Effect: A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower (2007, 2009), both published by the MIT Press. His other books include Constructing a Productive Other (John Benjamins 1994);Introduction à la théorie littéraire (PUQ 1997) and Arguing and Justifying (Ashgate 2001).