What Is a Refugee? - Couverture souple

Maley, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0190652381 ISBN 13 : 9780190652388

Editeur : Oxford University Press, USA, 2016

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

'Debunking some of the popular assumptions about the refugee crisis, with a look into the causes behind the flight from one s homeland ... Maley raises the vexing question of why we consider people in a developed and stable country entitled to all the benefits of modernity, whereas others are expected to put up with murder, pillage and mayhem.' --Geographical Magazine

'This book is an eye-opener. It is an elegant, expert account of the history of refugees, their formal rights, and their shrinking prospects. It will leave no reader unmoved, and no conscience untroubled.' --Philip Pettit, L.S.Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and Human Values, Princeton University, and author of Just Freedom: A Moral Compass for a Complex World

'William Maley has done the world a great service - introducing one of the key questions of our times with rich insight and clarity. His book is a thoroughly readable and essential exploration of refugee issues. I learnt a huge amount from his writing, and I highly recommend it.' --Patrick Kingsley, Migration Correspondent, The Guardian; Foreign Affairs Journalist of the Year, British Journalism Awards 2015

Présentation de l'éditeur :

With the recent arrival in Europe of over a million refugees and asylum-seekers, a sense of panic began to spread across the continent and beyond. William Maley s illuminating introduction offers a guide to the complex idea of the refugee and sets the current crisis within the wider history of human exile, injecting much-needed objectivity and nuance into the debate. Arguing that Western states are now reaping the consequences of policies aimed at blocking safe and legal access to asylum, What is a Refugee? shows why many proposed solutions to the refugee problem will exacerbate tension and risk fuelling the growth of extremism among people who have been denied all hope. This lucid book also tells of the families and individuals who have sought refuge, highlighting the suffering, separation and dislocation on their perilous journeys to safety. Through such stories we can begin to answer the question, what is a refugee?

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press, USA
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0190652381
• ISBN 13: 9780190652388
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192