Refugees and political asylum

The Affective Agency of Public Space explores the pivotal role that public spaces play in fostering social inclusion and community cohesion within various settings, including Europe and the United States.

Based on an ethnographic account of subsistence use of Amazonian forests by Wapishana people in Guyana, Edges, Frontiers, Fringes examines the social, cultural and behavioral bases for sustainability and resilience in indigenous resource use.

'Syrian cuisine deserves a high place in our culinary knowledge and Itab and Dina, with their brilliant recipes and fascinating stories, are the perfect authors to do this' Ruth Rogers'So much more than a cookbook' Evening Standard'I give this to everyone as a present.

The magnitude of refugees movements in the Third World, widely perceived as an unprecedented crisis, has generated widespread concern in the West.

The 'refugee crisis' and the recent rise of anti-immigration parties across Europe has prompted widespread debates about migration, integration and security on the continent.

The exodus of refugees from Nazi Germany in the 1930s has received far more attention from historians, social scientists, and demographers than many other migrations and persecutions in Europe.

Revealing the role of discrimination in disasters challenges received wisdom about who is a refugee.

The radical response to conservative heritage tours and banal day-tripper guides, Rebel Footprints brings to life the history of social movements in the capital.

A surprisingly understudied topic in international relations is gender-based asylum.

International refugee law anticipates state conduct in relation to nationality, statelessness, and protection.

Mit der Ankunft in Deutschland ist für viele geflüchtete Frauen das Martyrium noch nicht zu Ende.

Following the outbreak of the Syrian uprising in 2011, many Syrians fled to Egypt.

A groundbreaking work of scholarship that sheds critical new light on the urban renewal of Paris under Napoleon IIIIn the mid-nineteenth century, Napoleon III and his prefect, Georges-Eugene Haussmann, adapted Paris to the requirements of industrial capitalism, endowing the old city with elegant boulevards, an enhanced water supply, modern sewers, and public greenery.

'I began to grow up the day my mother warned me to stop laughing'Stories like this inspire me.

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon refer to themselves as 'the forgotten people'.

Examining resettlement practices worldwide and drawing on contributions from anthropology, law, international relations, social work, political science, and numerous other disciplines, this ground-breaking volume highlights the conflicts between refugees needs and state practices, and assesses international, regional and national perspectives on resettlement, as well as the bureaucracies and ideologies involved.

Over fifty years ago governments established the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to protect the world's refugees.

To many, a border is a geographical fact.

We are making little territories in your country, a hostile take-over of your garden sheds, your abandoned houses and your toilets.

Fremd unter FlüchtlingenGefangen in der Warteschleife vor Europa - das ist das Schicksal tausender junger Afrikaner, die sich jedes Jahr auf den Weg ins scheinbar "gelobte Land" machen, getrieben von der Not und der Illusion nach einem besseren Leben.

As migration from poverty-stricken and conflict-affected countries continues to hit the headlines, this book focuses on an important counter-flow: the money that people send home.

Principally, this book comprises a conceptual analysis of the illegality of a third-country national's stay by examining the boundaries of the overarching concept of illegality at the EU level.

Read & Co.

A new edition of this seminal book, now with a new introduction by the author on the current crisisHow can society cope with the diaspora of the twenty-first century?

What are the views, principles and regulations of the Islamic tradition concerning refugee status?

Utilizing international perspectives, this unprecedented collection of essays from leading authorities on refugee studies spotlights the realities and challenges of the global refugee population.

Sustainable Fashion, Migrants, Embroidery: Ateliers of 'Social Integration' tells of community-led 'solidarity ateliers' engaged in sewing and embroidery activities which, in the Global North and Global South, are providing a vital alternative to neoliberal and neo-colonial fashion paradigms.

An in-depth look at Qatar's migrant workers and the place of skill in the language of control and powerSkill-specifically the distinction between the "e;skilled"e; and "e;unskilled"e;-is generally defined as a measure of ability and training, but Does Skill Make Us Human?

Vorgestellt werden 55 Fallbeispiele (Critical Incidents - CIs) aus dem öffentlichen Dienst.

Historian Laura Robson unveils the dark heart of our purportedly humanitarian international regime.

While Palestinians continue to face the threat of expulsion from their homes, identifying legal mechanisms that can be used to assert Palestinian's property rights is needed more than ever.

After the outbreak of the 2011 Syrian War, a number Syrian-Armenians who had lived in the territory for generations, fled to the Republic of Armenia.

The status of the refugee in international law, and of everyone entitled to protection, has ever been precarious, not least in times of heightened and heated debate: people have always moved in search of safety, and they always will.

Heléna Tóth considers exile in the aftermath of the revolutions of 1848–9 as a European phenomenon with global dimensions.

Jordan stands in the middle of a turbulent region, experiencing substantial refugee flows and economic challenges due to the conflict and insecurity of its neighbors.

Die gesellschaftliche Integration von Bürgerinnen und Bürgern muslimischen Glaubens kann nur mit, nicht gegen den Islam erfolgreich gelingen, so Jürgen Habermas.

Exploring contemporary debates and developments in Roma-related research and forms of activism, this volume argues for taking up reflexivity as practice in these fields, and advocates a necessary renewal of research sites, methods, and epistemologies.

Was sind die Hintergründe und Herausforderungen der Arbeit mit geflüchteten Menschen in den Kommunen?

Klimaflucht: Wenn die Heimat nicht mehr bewohnbar istDie Klimakrise wird Millionen die Lebensgrundlage entziehen.

'Impossible to put down .

»Wir müssen offen miteinander reden, sonst spielen wir den Rechten in die Hände.

In the wake of Europe's so-called refugee crisis in 2015 and 2016, even traditionally open countries such as Sweden and Germany adopted hostile policies on refugees, closing borders and linking refugees with terrorism and threats to national security.

'A vivid, inspiring and sometimes poetic history of modern Iraq' - miriam cookeFollowing the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, many Iraqi academics were assassinated.

Die 2015 aufkommende Flüchtlingsthematik konfrontierte Einrichtungen und Dienste mit neuenAnforderungen, um junge Menschen bei der Bewältigung von traumatischen Erfahrungen zu begleiten, Zugänge zu Bildung und Arbeit zu ermöglichen oder ihnen Unterstützung bei der Gestaltung ihrer Zukunft zu bieten.

Migration sowie der Umgang mit Vielfalt und Ausgrenzung sind nicht nur in migrationsspezifischen Sozialen Diensten Thema, sondern in allen Bereichen Sozialer Arbeit.

This book studies the misaligned priorities of donors and citizens in response to AIDS intervention in Africa.

In the summer of 1926, an army of Mexican Catholics launched a war against their government.