Author : Philip Marfleet
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780333777831
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (778 download)
Book Synopsis Refugees in a Global Era by : Philip Marfleet
Download or read book Refugees in a Global Era written by Philip Marfleet and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-10-21 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Refugees in a Global Era offers a topical and informative analysis of forced migration in the age of globalization, identifying mass displacement as an outcome of conflicts and contradictions in the global system. It looks critically at histories of migration, exploring the constructed nature of the refugee and considers the changing patterns of migration and the refugee experience of displacement, flight and the search for asylum. Additionally, it offers a critical analysis of refugee policy in Europe, North America and Australia and advances the case for open borders.