Refugees and political asylum

In Ellis Island to Ebbets Field, Peter Levine vividly recounts the stories of Red Auerbach, Hank Greenberg, Moe Berg, Sid Luckman, Nat Holman, Benny Leonard, Barney Ross, Marty Glickman, and a host of others who became Jewish heroes and symbols of the difficult struggle for American success.

With more than 18 million refugees worldwide, the refugee problem has fostered an intense debate regarding what political changes are necessary in the international system to provide effective solutions in the 1990s and beyond.

Hope and Hospitality for Migrating People Never have so many people left their homes and migrated to other parts of the world as weve seen in recent years.

We live in an age of displacement.

We live in an age of displacement.

Today, no one really thinks of Britain as a land of camps.

Today, no one really thinks of Britain as a land of camps.

Refugees and other forced migrants are one of the great contemporary challenges the world is confronting.

Refugees and other forced migrants are one of the great contemporary challenges the world is confronting.

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.

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.

Contrary to predictions that it would become increasingly redundant in a globalizing world, citizenship is back with a vengeance.

Contrary to predictions that it would become increasingly redundant in a globalizing world, citizenship is back with a vengeance.

International Refugee Law and the Protection of Stateless Persons examines the extent to which the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees protectsde jure stateless persons.

In 1944 the political philosopher and refugee, Hannah Arendt wrote: 'Everywhere the word 'exile' which once had an undertone of almost sacred awe, now provokes the idea of something simultaneously suspicious and unfortunate.

In 1944 the political philosopher and refugee, Hannah Arendt wrote: 'Everywhere the word 'exile' which once had an undertone of almost sacred awe, now provokes the idea of something simultaneously suspicious and unfortunate.

International Refugee Law and the Protection of Stateless Persons examines the extent to which the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees protectsde jure stateless persons.

Media interest in the fates of people at sea has heightened across the last decade.

Media interest in the fates of people at sea has heightened across the last decade.

The Making of the Modern Refugee is a comprehensive history of global population displacement in the twentieth century.

In the past twenty years, over 25 million refugees have returned 'home'.

International Migration Law provides a detailed and comprehensive overview of the international legal framework applicable to the movement of persons across borders.

International Migration Law provides a detailed and comprehensive overview of the international legal framework applicable to the movement of persons across borders.

The treatment of migrants is one of the most challenging issues that human rights, as a political philosophy, faces today.

The treatment of migrants is one of the most challenging issues that human rights, as a political philosophy, faces today.

Displacement caused by climate change is an area of growing concern.

Displacement caused by climate change is an area of growing concern.

Refugees lie at the heart of world politics.

Refugees lie at the heart of world politics.

There are few issues more urgently in need of intelligent analysis both in the UK and elsewhere than those relating to displacement, asylum, and migration.

Climate change presents one of the greatest challenges of our time, and has become one of the defining issues of the twenty-first century.

Climate change presents one of the greatest challenges of our time, and has become one of the defining issues of the twenty-first century.

In the opening decades of the twentieth century, Germany was at the cutting edge of arts and humanities scholarship across Europe.

A Prison Without Walls?

The continued vitality of the Greek city (polis) in the centuries after the Peloponnesian War has now been richly demonstrated by historians.

Since the complex emergencies of the 1990s, humanitarian agencies have placed increasing emphasis on the protection of civilians during armed conflict.

Making Minorities History examines the various attempts made by European states over the course of the first half of the twentieth century, under the umbrella of international law and in the name of international peace and reconciliation, to rid the Continent of its ethnographic misfits and problem populations.

The Rise and Decline of a Global Security Actor investigates the rise of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as a global security actor.

This book tells the story of how families separated across borders write--and learn new ways of writing--in pursuit of love and money.

This book tells the story of how families separated across borders write--and learn new ways of writing--in pursuit of love and money.

Refuge beyond Reach shows how rich democracies deliberately and systematically shut down most legal paths to safety.

Refuge beyond Reach shows how rich democracies deliberately and systematically shut down most legal paths to safety.

At the heart of Montaigne's Essais lies a political conception of religious tolerance that we have largely forgotten today.

At the heart of Montaigne's Essais lies a political conception of religious tolerance that we have largely forgotten today.

For over forty years, Cold War concerns about the threat of communism shaped the contours of refugee and asylum policy in the United States, and the majority of those admitted as refugees came from communist countries.

For over forty years, Cold War concerns about the threat of communism shaped the contours of refugee and asylum policy in the United States, and the majority of those admitted as refugees came from communist countries.

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

In Ellis Island to Ebbets Field, Peter Levine vividly recounts the stories of Red Auerbach, Hank Greenberg, Moe Berg, Sid Luckman, Nat Holman, Benny Leonard, Barney Ross, Marty Glickman, and a host of others who became Jewish heroes and symbols of the difficult struggle for American success.

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

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