Refugees, Migrants, and Development: An analysis of current trends in global-level dialogues on migration, forced migration, and development - Couverture souple

Koppenberg, Saskia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3838202627 ISBN 13 : 9783838202624

Editeur : ibidem-Verlag, 2011

Synopsis

The book is a rich piece of scholarship that makes a contribution at the levels of history, theory, and policy, and deserves to be widely read and considered.Alexander Betts, University of OxfordThe link between migration and development has risen on the agenda of the international community in recent years and global level dialogues have started. In her book, Saskia Koppenberg gives an in-depth analysis of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD), the most important and most widely recognised dialogue. She provides striking insights into the theories that lie behind the subjects that dominate the GFMD and identifies the perspectives which have so far been neglected. By investigating which migrants are addressed, what the dominant development approach is, how migrants are expected to contribute to development, and who the targeted beneficiaries are, Koppenberg makes the GFMD accessible to the academic and public discourse.With regard to the 2-year assessment process evaluating the GFMD which is set to conclude by the end of 2012, the study provides valuable recommendations for the ways in which a more successful and comprehensive GFMD can be attained in the future. Koppenberg broadens the perspective and takes a look at other global level dialogues beyond the GFMD. The study includes a comparative analysis of the UNHCR-led dialogue on Targeting Development Assistance (TDA), which discusses the link between forced migration and development. This perspective highlights how particular forms of migration and certain kinds of development dominate the debates, while others are left out. It reveals forced migrants have largely been absent from the GFMD agenda, despite the fact that their potential to be agents of development has been acknowledged.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Saskia Koppenberg was born in Oldenburg in 1985, Germany; she holds a Master's degree in International Development Studies from the University of Vienna, Austria. Her research focus is on migration and development with particular interest in forced migration issues.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: ibidem-Verlag
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3838202627
• ISBN 13: 9783838202624
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 138
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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