Displacement and Exile: The State-Refugee Relations in India - Couverture rigide

Dasgupta, Abhijit

 
9780199461172: Displacement and Exile: The State-Refugee Relations in India
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0199461171 ISBN 13 : 9780199461172
Editeur : OUP India, 2016

Synopsis

This study highlights some emerging issues in the study of displaced persons in India, like the agency and voices of people who flee across an international border, the identities they forge for themselves, their relations with the hosts and their interactions with the state and non-governmental organizations. Three case studies are examined here: (a). 'Partition refugees', from East Pakistan to West Bengal, (b). Tamil refugees, from Sri Lanka to India and (c). Bangladesh Liberation War refugees from East Pakistan to West Bengal. The reader will find that each case is in itself highly complex. The treatment meted out to the displaced people in India has not been consistent. This study shows that the responses of the state to cross-border displacement have been varied over time and space. The Indian state has sovereign rights to decide who is to be considered as a refugee, who should receive relief and rehabilitation and who is to be repatriated. In the absence of national laws for the refugees in India, the state is the final arbitrator on all such matters.

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À propos de l'auteur

ABHIJIT DASGUPTA is a Professor, Dept of Sociology, University of Delhi, Delhi.

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Éditeur
OUP India
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0199461171
ISBN 13 
9780199461172
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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