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Deterritorialized Youth: Sahrawi and Afghan Refugees at the Margins of the Middle East (Forced Migration)
Dawn Chatty
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Description for Deterritorialized Youth: Sahrawi and Afghan Refugees at the Margins of the Middle East (Forced Migration)
Paperback. This study examines refugee communities closely linked with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and a host of other UN agencies in the case of the Sahrawi and near total lack of humanitarian aid in the case of Afghan refugees in Iran. Editor(s): Chatty, Dawn. Series: Studies in Forced Migration. Num Pages: 284 pages, 13 ills, 1 map, 28 tables. BIC Classification: 1FB; JFFD; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394. Sahrawi and Afghan Refugees at the Margins of the Middle East. Series: Studies in Forced Migration. 284 pages, 13 ills, 1 map, 28 tables. Editor(s): Chatty, Dawn. This study examines refugee communities closely linked with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and a host of other UN agencies in the case of the Sahrawi and near total lack of humanitarian aid in the case of Afghan refugees in Iran. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FB; JFFD; JFFN. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 15. Weight: 388.
The Sahrawi and Afghan refugee youth in the Middle East have been stereotyped regionally and internationally: some have been objectified as passive victims; others have become the beneficiaries of numerous humanitarian aid packages which presume the primacy of the Western model of child development. This book compares and contrasts both the stereotypes and Western-based models of humanitarian assistance among Sahrawi youth with the lack of programming and near total self-sufficiency of Afghan refugee youth in Iran. Both extremes offer an important opportunity to further explore the impact which forced migration and prolonged conflict have had, and continue to have, ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Forced Migration
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857458063
SKU
V9780857458063
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Ref
99-15
About Dawn Chatty
Dawn Chatty is a Professor of Anthropology and Forced Migration and Director of the Refugee Studies Centre at Oxford University. Her publications include Conservation and Mobile Peoples: Displacement, Forced Settlement and Sustainable Development (co-ed. Berghahn Books, 2002); Children of Palestine: Experiencing Forced Migration in the Middle East (co-ed. Berghahn Books, 2005); Nomadic Societies in the Middle East and North Africa: ... Read more
Reviews for Deterritorialized Youth: Sahrawi and Afghan Refugees at the Margins of the Middle East (Forced Migration)
"... a valuable, innovative contribution to the anthropological study of refugee youth, as it focuses on refugee populations on hich relatively little research has been done so far... [and offers] a sound methodological approach and rich qualitative data." · Cordula Strocka, Free University Berlin "This is a well-written, interesting text that offers several contributions to knowledge. First, ... Read more