Arguing about Asylum: The Complexity of Refugee Debates in Europe - Couverture souple

Steiner, N.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1349386030 ISBN 13 : 9781349386031

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2002

Synopsis

In addressing the asylum controversy in Europe today, much of the literature assumes that asylum policies result from the struggle between national interest arguing to tighten asylum and humanitarianism arguing to loosen it. This book challenges this simple tug-of-war image by examining asylum in Germany, Switzerland, and Britain from the late 1970s to the mid 1990s. The findings reveal the complex and often counter-intuitive roles national interest, international norms, and morality play in shaping asylum. It forces us to reconsider how we think about asylum and to explore alternatives to conventional assumptions.

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À propos de l?auteur

Niklaus Steiner is Research Associate and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University Center for International Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1349386030
• ISBN 13: 9781349386031
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 196
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