Khalid Koser
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199600458
- eISBN:
- 9780191723544
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199600458.003.0009
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory, International Relations and Politics
A chapter on internally displaced persons (IDPs) stands out from the other chapters in this volume in that it concerns internal rather than international migrants; and people who are therefore almost ...
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A chapter on internally displaced persons (IDPs) stands out from the other chapters in this volume in that it concerns internal rather than international migrants; and people who are therefore almost always citizens of the country where they have migrated or been displaced. In addition to providing an overview of the institutional, political, and normative elements of the response to internal displacement, this chapter therefore focuses on wider implications for the global governance of international migration. Citizenship is still on the whole the preserve of sovereign states, and so inter-state regulation is less an issue for IDPs than for international migrants. At the same time, there has been a rapid evolution of institutional cooperation in assisting and protecting IDPs. The way that international organizations have overcome institutional rivalries and worked towards innovative responses to gaps in their mandates to protect IDPs has important lessons for the international response to other migrants such as those resulting from the effects of climate change who do not clearly fall within the responsibility of a single agency. At the political level, the key challenge has been to negotiate international intervention in a sovereign domain. The evolution of the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (R2P) concept has been critical here, and this chapter analyses its relationship to IDPs. At the same time, the way that R2P also pertains to the protection of other migratory citizens, including internal migrants, returning refugees, and international migrants, is analysed. Finally, at the normative level, the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement represent a good example of ‘bottom-up’ consensus-building. The Guiding Principles are in essence a restatement of existing international humanitarian and human rights law as they apply to IDPs, and are not binding upon states. They have nevertheless gained widespread international acceptance and form the basis for a growing body of domestic law. There may be lessons to learn here for the global governance of particularly controversial areas of international migration such as migrant workers.Less
A chapter on internally displaced persons (IDPs) stands out from the other chapters in this volume in that it concerns internal rather than international migrants; and people who are therefore almost always citizens of the country where they have migrated or been displaced. In addition to providing an overview of the institutional, political, and normative elements of the response to internal displacement, this chapter therefore focuses on wider implications for the global governance of international migration. Citizenship is still on the whole the preserve of sovereign states, and so inter-state regulation is less an issue for IDPs than for international migrants. At the same time, there has been a rapid evolution of institutional cooperation in assisting and protecting IDPs. The way that international organizations have overcome institutional rivalries and worked towards innovative responses to gaps in their mandates to protect IDPs has important lessons for the international response to other migrants such as those resulting from the effects of climate change who do not clearly fall within the responsibility of a single agency. At the political level, the key challenge has been to negotiate international intervention in a sovereign domain. The evolution of the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (R2P) concept has been critical here, and this chapter analyses its relationship to IDPs. At the same time, the way that R2P also pertains to the protection of other migratory citizens, including internal migrants, returning refugees, and international migrants, is analysed. Finally, at the normative level, the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement represent a good example of ‘bottom-up’ consensus-building. The Guiding Principles are in essence a restatement of existing international humanitarian and human rights law as they apply to IDPs, and are not binding upon states. They have nevertheless gained widespread international acceptance and form the basis for a growing body of domestic law. There may be lessons to learn here for the global governance of particularly controversial areas of international migration such as migrant workers.
M. Jan Holton
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780300207620
- eISBN:
- 9780300220797
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300207620.001.0001
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
Longing for Home explores the psychological, social, and theological impact of forcibly losing one’s home place and asks two questions: What is it about home that makes its loss so profound? And, How ...
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Longing for Home explores the psychological, social, and theological impact of forcibly losing one’s home place and asks two questions: What is it about home that makes its loss so profound? And, How should we think about this theologically?
This book explores the notion of home and its loss from the perspectives of four very diverse groups who have suffered forced displacement: an indigenous tribe of Batwa in Uganda, refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Congo and Sudan, American soldiers struggling with PTSD, and homeless persons in the United States. The author uses her own experiences in the Ugandan mountains, ethnographic research in refugee camps in Congo and Sudan and internally displaced persons, published stories of American soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, and life in a transitional facility for homeless persons as windows into these contexts and stories of forced displacement. Through these intense, sometimes tragic encounters, the psychological, social, and theological impact of living without home becomes clear as does the often exclusionary response of the communities in which they seek care. The author suggests that a moral obligation of care grounded in relational postures of hospitality—or predispositions toward the other that precede practices—are at the heart of breaking through social exclusion and helping each to lean into God in ways that invite home of a different kind. The book’s concrete experiences of communities of displacement add a unique element that both challenges and complements psychological and social theories. The end result is a constructive contribution to both practical and public theology.Less
Longing for Home explores the psychological, social, and theological impact of forcibly losing one’s home place and asks two questions: What is it about home that makes its loss so profound? And, How should we think about this theologically?
This book explores the notion of home and its loss from the perspectives of four very diverse groups who have suffered forced displacement: an indigenous tribe of Batwa in Uganda, refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Congo and Sudan, American soldiers struggling with PTSD, and homeless persons in the United States. The author uses her own experiences in the Ugandan mountains, ethnographic research in refugee camps in Congo and Sudan and internally displaced persons, published stories of American soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, and life in a transitional facility for homeless persons as windows into these contexts and stories of forced displacement. Through these intense, sometimes tragic encounters, the psychological, social, and theological impact of living without home becomes clear as does the often exclusionary response of the communities in which they seek care. The author suggests that a moral obligation of care grounded in relational postures of hospitality—or predispositions toward the other that precede practices—are at the heart of breaking through social exclusion and helping each to lean into God in ways that invite home of a different kind. The book’s concrete experiences of communities of displacement add a unique element that both challenges and complements psychological and social theories. The end result is a constructive contribution to both practical and public theology.
Marjorie Mayo
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781447329312
- eISBN:
- 9781447329466
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447329312.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
This book brings theoretical understandings of migration and displacement (including displacement as a result of urban redevelopment programmes) together with empirical illustrations of the varying ...
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This book brings theoretical understandings of migration and displacement (including displacement as a result of urban redevelopment programmes) together with empirical illustrations of the varying ways in which communities respond. These responses can be negative, divisive and exclusionary. But responses to migration and displacement can also be positive and mutually supportive, building solidarities both within and between communities, whether locally or transnationally. Drawing upon original research, the book includes case studies from varying international contexts, illustrating how different communities respond to the challenges of migration and displacement. These include examples of responses through community arts – such as poetry, story-telling and photography, exploring the scope for building communities (including transnational, diaspora communities) of solidarity and social justice.
The concluding chapters identify potential implications for public policy and professional practice, aiming to promote communities of solidarity, addressing the structural causes of widening inequalities, taking account of different interests, including those related to social class, gender, ethnicity, ability and age.Less
This book brings theoretical understandings of migration and displacement (including displacement as a result of urban redevelopment programmes) together with empirical illustrations of the varying ways in which communities respond. These responses can be negative, divisive and exclusionary. But responses to migration and displacement can also be positive and mutually supportive, building solidarities both within and between communities, whether locally or transnationally. Drawing upon original research, the book includes case studies from varying international contexts, illustrating how different communities respond to the challenges of migration and displacement. These include examples of responses through community arts – such as poetry, story-telling and photography, exploring the scope for building communities (including transnational, diaspora communities) of solidarity and social justice.
The concluding chapters identify potential implications for public policy and professional practice, aiming to promote communities of solidarity, addressing the structural causes of widening inequalities, taking account of different interests, including those related to social class, gender, ethnicity, ability and age.
Robert Mugerauer
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780823263240
- eISBN:
- 9780823266494
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823263240.001.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Aesthetics
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy, the Jewish Museum Berlin by Daniel Libeskind, and Wings of Desire by Wim Wenders call on us to face up to, then reflect upon the phenomena of loss, displacement, ...
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The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy, the Jewish Museum Berlin by Daniel Libeskind, and Wings of Desire by Wim Wenders call on us to face up to, then reflect upon the phenomena of loss, displacement, violence, witnessing, mortality, and responsibility. The way these saturated, overwhelming phenomena come to us requires close and patient focus if we are to adequately receive them in their particularity and depth. Thus, the goal is not to posit or attempt to prove a thesis regarding the literature, architecture, or film, but to convey and clarify the intense force of each art work in a way that does not reduce what they compellingly bring forth into our world—but that instead enables us to more fully absorb the dense, dark, and troubling subject matter. The primary tactic is to explicate the works by deploying the thinking of Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, Immanuel Levinas, and Jean-Luc Marion to reflect on what is laid before us. This first level of opening up possible meanings, in turn, calls all of us who read the novel, move through the museum, or see the film to respond. Finally the task of interpretation falls upon each of us; it is ours alone and unavoidable—how could it be otherwise?Less
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy, the Jewish Museum Berlin by Daniel Libeskind, and Wings of Desire by Wim Wenders call on us to face up to, then reflect upon the phenomena of loss, displacement, violence, witnessing, mortality, and responsibility. The way these saturated, overwhelming phenomena come to us requires close and patient focus if we are to adequately receive them in their particularity and depth. Thus, the goal is not to posit or attempt to prove a thesis regarding the literature, architecture, or film, but to convey and clarify the intense force of each art work in a way that does not reduce what they compellingly bring forth into our world—but that instead enables us to more fully absorb the dense, dark, and troubling subject matter. The primary tactic is to explicate the works by deploying the thinking of Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, Immanuel Levinas, and Jean-Luc Marion to reflect on what is laid before us. This first level of opening up possible meanings, in turn, calls all of us who read the novel, move through the museum, or see the film to respond. Finally the task of interpretation falls upon each of us; it is ours alone and unavoidable—how could it be otherwise?
Jane Mcadam
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199587087
- eISBN:
- 9780191738494
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199587087.003.0010
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law
This chapter draws together the themes of Chapters 7 and 8 to consider the overarching normative principles of international cooperation, humanity, and dignity that should underpin State and ...
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This chapter draws together the themes of Chapters 7 and 8 to consider the overarching normative principles of international cooperation, humanity, and dignity that should underpin State and institutional responses to cross-border displacement in the context of climate change and disasters. By placing the needs and rights of the affected individual at the centre of analysis, they mandate that legal and policy responses are human-rights-focused. There is an increasing coalescence of institutional support for the creation of a set of guiding principles, similar in nature to the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, to provide a guiding framework in cross-border scenarios. This is coupled with a noticeable shift in emphasis at the international level away from ‘climate change’ displacement, to a focus on ‘disasters’, of which climate change-related disasters are a sub-category. This sits more comfortably with the conceptual problems of isolating ‘climate change’ as a cause of movement, discussed throughout the book.Less
This chapter draws together the themes of Chapters 7 and 8 to consider the overarching normative principles of international cooperation, humanity, and dignity that should underpin State and institutional responses to cross-border displacement in the context of climate change and disasters. By placing the needs and rights of the affected individual at the centre of analysis, they mandate that legal and policy responses are human-rights-focused. There is an increasing coalescence of institutional support for the creation of a set of guiding principles, similar in nature to the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, to provide a guiding framework in cross-border scenarios. This is coupled with a noticeable shift in emphasis at the international level away from ‘climate change’ displacement, to a focus on ‘disasters’, of which climate change-related disasters are a sub-category. This sits more comfortably with the conceptual problems of isolating ‘climate change’ as a cause of movement, discussed throughout the book.
Sargon Donabed
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780748686025
- eISBN:
- 9781474408646
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748686025.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Middle East History
Who are the Assyrians and what role did they play in shaping modern Iraq? Were they simply bystanders, victims of collateral damage who played a passive role in the history of the country? How have ...
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Who are the Assyrians and what role did they play in shaping modern Iraq? Were they simply bystanders, victims of collateral damage who played a passive role in the history of the country? How have they negotiated their position throughout various periods of Iraq's state-building processes? This book details the narrative and history of Iraq in the 20th century and reinserts the Assyrian experience as an integral part of Iraq's broader contemporary historiography. It is the first comprehensive account to contextualize this native people's experience alongside the developmental processes of the modern Iraqi state. Using primary and secondary data, this book offers a nuanced exploration of the dynamics that have affected and determined the trajectory of the Assyrians' experience in 20th century Iraq.Less
Who are the Assyrians and what role did they play in shaping modern Iraq? Were they simply bystanders, victims of collateral damage who played a passive role in the history of the country? How have they negotiated their position throughout various periods of Iraq's state-building processes? This book details the narrative and history of Iraq in the 20th century and reinserts the Assyrian experience as an integral part of Iraq's broader contemporary historiography. It is the first comprehensive account to contextualize this native people's experience alongside the developmental processes of the modern Iraqi state. Using primary and secondary data, this book offers a nuanced exploration of the dynamics that have affected and determined the trajectory of the Assyrians' experience in 20th century Iraq.
Alexandre Kedar, Ahmad Amara, and Oren Yiftachel
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781503603585
- eISBN:
- 9781503604582
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9781503603585.003.0010
- Subject:
- Law, Comparative Law
Among the most contested facets of the conflict between the state and the Bedouins are land ownership and recognition of 46 “unrecognized” or partly recognized localities. This chapter completes the ...
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Among the most contested facets of the conflict between the state and the Bedouins are land ownership and recognition of 46 “unrecognized” or partly recognized localities. This chapter completes the picture by addressing the question of planning and the Bedouin unrecognized villages. Since 1948, the Israeli government has persistently and forcefully attempted to urbanize the Bedouins and concentrate them in a few urban centers. Such practices involved displacements, house demolitions, and zoning practices that produced an “illegal” geography and “gray spacing” that exposed the Bedouins to constant threat of demolition and eviction. The chapter outlines the various plans, commissions, and development and zoning plans introduced by the government, as well as the alternative plans and visions offered by the Bedouins communities, in an effort to protect their homes, localities and lands. Such alternative planning serves as a foundation for long-term reconciliation and coexistence between settler and indigenous groups.Less
Among the most contested facets of the conflict between the state and the Bedouins are land ownership and recognition of 46 “unrecognized” or partly recognized localities. This chapter completes the picture by addressing the question of planning and the Bedouin unrecognized villages. Since 1948, the Israeli government has persistently and forcefully attempted to urbanize the Bedouins and concentrate them in a few urban centers. Such practices involved displacements, house demolitions, and zoning practices that produced an “illegal” geography and “gray spacing” that exposed the Bedouins to constant threat of demolition and eviction. The chapter outlines the various plans, commissions, and development and zoning plans introduced by the government, as well as the alternative plans and visions offered by the Bedouins communities, in an effort to protect their homes, localities and lands. Such alternative planning serves as a foundation for long-term reconciliation and coexistence between settler and indigenous groups.
Alexandre Kedar, Ahmad Amara, and Oren Yiftachel
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781503603585
- eISBN:
- 9781503604582
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9781503603585.003.0011
- Subject:
- Law, Comparative Law
This chapter presents an epilogue which revisits the al-‘Uqbi case, and then presents the conclusion, dealing with the possible transformation of the DND into transitional justice. The chapter ...
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This chapter presents an epilogue which revisits the al-‘Uqbi case, and then presents the conclusion, dealing with the possible transformation of the DND into transitional justice. The chapter further demonstrates that Israeli law does have sufficient tools to overwrite or bypass the debilitating DND. A new enlightened and savvy political approach would enable Bedouins to attain property rights to their ancestor’s lands and introduce criteria of distributive justice for future management of land and development needs. Hence, the conclusion argues, the DND should be replaced with a decolonizing approach, based on principles of recognition, equality and transitional justice. The process of reconciliation will bring about a more egalitarian and fair allocation of space and will benefit all living in the Negev—Bedouin, Jews and others—as well as the broader Jewish-Palestinian conflict.Less
This chapter presents an epilogue which revisits the al-‘Uqbi case, and then presents the conclusion, dealing with the possible transformation of the DND into transitional justice. The chapter further demonstrates that Israeli law does have sufficient tools to overwrite or bypass the debilitating DND. A new enlightened and savvy political approach would enable Bedouins to attain property rights to their ancestor’s lands and introduce criteria of distributive justice for future management of land and development needs. Hence, the conclusion argues, the DND should be replaced with a decolonizing approach, based on principles of recognition, equality and transitional justice. The process of reconciliation will bring about a more egalitarian and fair allocation of space and will benefit all living in the Negev—Bedouin, Jews and others—as well as the broader Jewish-Palestinian conflict.
Sargon George Donabed
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780748686025
- eISBN:
- 9781474408646
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748686025.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, Middle East History
Chapter 4 examines the period from end of the Second World War through the end of the monarchy to Abdul Karim Qasim (1958–63). It also discusses the armed autonomist movement, sometimes known as the ...
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Chapter 4 examines the period from end of the Second World War through the end of the monarchy to Abdul Karim Qasim (1958–63). It also discusses the armed autonomist movement, sometimes known as the Barzani uprising or Kurdish–Iraqi War, and the position of the Assyrians in it from 1961 to 1963 and the following years. This period witnessed massive upheavals in all aspects of Iraqi society during the clashes between government military and non-governmental opposition forces.Less
Chapter 4 examines the period from end of the Second World War through the end of the monarchy to Abdul Karim Qasim (1958–63). It also discusses the armed autonomist movement, sometimes known as the Barzani uprising or Kurdish–Iraqi War, and the position of the Assyrians in it from 1961 to 1963 and the following years. This period witnessed massive upheavals in all aspects of Iraqi society during the clashes between government military and non-governmental opposition forces.
Valerie Anishchenkova
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780748643400
- eISBN:
- 9781474406321
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748643400.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, World Literature
Given the accelerated globalization and a number of critical geopolitical events, including wars, revolutions and regime changes, that took place in the Arab world in the last 50 years, it is no ...
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Given the accelerated globalization and a number of critical geopolitical events, including wars, revolutions and regime changes, that took place in the Arab world in the last 50 years, it is no surprise that the body of Arabic autobiographical production informed by displacement and exile continues to grow. This chapter treats a selection of autobiographical writings where the subject’s interaction with multiple cultural contexts and languages generates borderline identities that are culturally hybrid. The three primary texts selected for analysis demonstrate different forms of symbolic and physical border-crossing: Sumayyah Ramadan’s Leaves of Narcissus (2001), Batul al-Khudayri’s A Sky So Close (1999), and Ihab Hassan’s Out of Egypt (1986).Less
Given the accelerated globalization and a number of critical geopolitical events, including wars, revolutions and regime changes, that took place in the Arab world in the last 50 years, it is no surprise that the body of Arabic autobiographical production informed by displacement and exile continues to grow. This chapter treats a selection of autobiographical writings where the subject’s interaction with multiple cultural contexts and languages generates borderline identities that are culturally hybrid. The three primary texts selected for analysis demonstrate different forms of symbolic and physical border-crossing: Sumayyah Ramadan’s Leaves of Narcissus (2001), Batul al-Khudayri’s A Sky So Close (1999), and Ihab Hassan’s Out of Egypt (1986).
Claire Davison
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- January 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780748682812
- eISBN:
- 9781474400978
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748682812.003.0007
- Subject:
- Literature, Women's Literature
The conclusion returns to the question of how translating could shape the co-translators’ lives both individually and collectively. For both Woolf and Mansfield, their involvement in the various ...
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The conclusion returns to the question of how translating could shape the co-translators’ lives both individually and collectively. For both Woolf and Mansfield, their involvement in the various ventures coincided with their own most experimental or innovative work, and also with periods of immense artistic output. The impact of translating can be felt in their own creative idiom, whether in figures of estrangement and marginality, or in literary explorations of shifting consciousness, multiple viewpoint and the inner life. Translation also played a tangible role expanding and refining their reception of Russian literature, as their reviews attest. Their co-translating is likewise set in the political context of the time, by underlining the importance of works acquired through Gorky coming from his World Literature Publishing House. These brought western readers into contact with classic and contemporary Russian texts, as well as helping to ensure writers survived in the post-revolutionary, post-war years of turmoil.Less
The conclusion returns to the question of how translating could shape the co-translators’ lives both individually and collectively. For both Woolf and Mansfield, their involvement in the various ventures coincided with their own most experimental or innovative work, and also with periods of immense artistic output. The impact of translating can be felt in their own creative idiom, whether in figures of estrangement and marginality, or in literary explorations of shifting consciousness, multiple viewpoint and the inner life. Translation also played a tangible role expanding and refining their reception of Russian literature, as their reviews attest. Their co-translating is likewise set in the political context of the time, by underlining the importance of works acquired through Gorky coming from his World Literature Publishing House. These brought western readers into contact with classic and contemporary Russian texts, as well as helping to ensure writers survived in the post-revolutionary, post-war years of turmoil.
Marjorie Mayo
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781447329312
- eISBN:
- 9781447329466
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447329312.003.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
This chapter introduces the book’s themes of migration, displacement, community resistance and the development of community solidarities – drawing upon the author’s experiences as well as her ...
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This chapter introduces the book’s themes of migration, displacement, community resistance and the development of community solidarities – drawing upon the author’s experiences as well as her previous research. In the context of neo-liberal globalisation there are common underlying causes for the movement of peoples, whether these are movements within countries or movements across national borders. There are similarities as well as differences between people’s displacements, including people’s displacement as a result of social cleansing, here in Britain. The chapter concludes by introducing the chapters that follow.Less
This chapter introduces the book’s themes of migration, displacement, community resistance and the development of community solidarities – drawing upon the author’s experiences as well as her previous research. In the context of neo-liberal globalisation there are common underlying causes for the movement of peoples, whether these are movements within countries or movements across national borders. There are similarities as well as differences between people’s displacements, including people’s displacement as a result of social cleansing, here in Britain. The chapter concludes by introducing the chapters that follow.
Marjorie Mayo
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781447329312
- eISBN:
- 9781447329466
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447329312.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
This chapter explores different definitions and theoretical approaches to the study of migration and displacement. This includes discussion of official definitions of who counts as a ‘refugee’. ...
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This chapter explores different definitions and theoretical approaches to the study of migration and displacement. This includes discussion of official definitions of who counts as a ‘refugee’. Having explored different approaches, including different approaches to understanding women’s migration, the chapter focuses on the notions of diasporas, transnational communities and cultures as these develop over space and time.Less
This chapter explores different definitions and theoretical approaches to the study of migration and displacement. This includes discussion of official definitions of who counts as a ‘refugee’. Having explored different approaches, including different approaches to understanding women’s migration, the chapter focuses on the notions of diasporas, transnational communities and cultures as these develop over space and time.
Marjorie Mayo
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781447329312
- eISBN:
- 9781447329466
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447329312.003.0004
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
This chapter focuses upon community responses to dispossession and displacement as a result of (re)development. Having summarised varying definitions and approaches the chapter moves on to explore ...
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This chapter focuses upon community responses to dispossession and displacement as a result of (re)development. Having summarised varying definitions and approaches the chapter moves on to explore case studies from different international contexts. There have been powerful illustrations of community resistance to displacement as a result of the Narmada big dam project in India, for example, as well as illustrations of alternative approaches in other Indian contexts. Brazil has provided its own examples of community based alternatives, including those developed by displaced peoples, the Landless People’s Movement. And there have been illustrations of community based resistance to displacement/ social cleansing as a result of urban redevelopment processes in contemporary Britain.Less
This chapter focuses upon community responses to dispossession and displacement as a result of (re)development. Having summarised varying definitions and approaches the chapter moves on to explore case studies from different international contexts. There have been powerful illustrations of community resistance to displacement as a result of the Narmada big dam project in India, for example, as well as illustrations of alternative approaches in other Indian contexts. Brazil has provided its own examples of community based alternatives, including those developed by displaced peoples, the Landless People’s Movement. And there have been illustrations of community based resistance to displacement/ social cleansing as a result of urban redevelopment processes in contemporary Britain.
Marjorie Mayo
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781447329312
- eISBN:
- 9781447329466
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447329312.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
This chapter focuses upon community responses to displacement as a result of much less evident causes, high lighting the underlying operations of market forces. Marketisation processes have been ...
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This chapter focuses upon community responses to displacement as a result of much less evident causes, high lighting the underlying operations of market forces. Marketisation processes have been intensifying competition for dwindling supplies of genuinely affordable housing, for instance, leading to processes of social cleansing. Tensions within and between communities have been exacerbated as a result. But there have also been examples of solidarity in face of threats of displacement via market forces, as the chapter illustrates, concluding by reflecting upon some of the potential implications for the development of public policies.Less
This chapter focuses upon community responses to displacement as a result of much less evident causes, high lighting the underlying operations of market forces. Marketisation processes have been intensifying competition for dwindling supplies of genuinely affordable housing, for instance, leading to processes of social cleansing. Tensions within and between communities have been exacerbated as a result. But there have also been examples of solidarity in face of threats of displacement via market forces, as the chapter illustrates, concluding by reflecting upon some of the potential implications for the development of public policies.
Marjorie Mayo
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781447329312
- eISBN:
- 9781447329466
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447329312.003.0009
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
Having summarised the underlying structural factors to be addressed, in the context of neo-liberal globalisation, this concluding chapter focuses upon the issues to be addressed within and between ...
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Having summarised the underlying structural factors to be addressed, in the context of neo-liberal globalisation, this concluding chapter focuses upon the issues to be addressed within and between communities themselves. Communities can, and too often do, exacerbate the effects of displacement, becoming fragmented and divided in the process, blaming each other/ ‘the other’ for their frustrations and anxieties. But these are so far from being the only options, as previous chapters have amply demonstrated. The concluding chapter identifies the importance of common understandings as the basis for social solidarity, developing alliances across differences, taking account of the importance of community arts as a way of developing shared understandings and empathy in the pursuit of social justice agendas. The chapter ends with a collaborative poem, written by migrant, asylum-seeking and refugee women, expressing their solidarity in the face of displacement and dispossession.Less
Having summarised the underlying structural factors to be addressed, in the context of neo-liberal globalisation, this concluding chapter focuses upon the issues to be addressed within and between communities themselves. Communities can, and too often do, exacerbate the effects of displacement, becoming fragmented and divided in the process, blaming each other/ ‘the other’ for their frustrations and anxieties. But these are so far from being the only options, as previous chapters have amply demonstrated. The concluding chapter identifies the importance of common understandings as the basis for social solidarity, developing alliances across differences, taking account of the importance of community arts as a way of developing shared understandings and empathy in the pursuit of social justice agendas. The chapter ends with a collaborative poem, written by migrant, asylum-seeking and refugee women, expressing their solidarity in the face of displacement and dispossession.
Kenneth E. Sassaman, Paulette S. McFadden, Micah P. Monés, Andrea Palmiotto, and Asa R. Randall
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813049366
- eISBN:
- 9780813050140
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813049366.003.0008
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology
Archaeological evidence for 4,000 years of coastal living on the northern Gulf Coast of Florida reveals lessons in displacement and resettlement that bear relevance to the environmental challenges ...
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Archaeological evidence for 4,000 years of coastal living on the northern Gulf Coast of Florida reveals lessons in displacement and resettlement that bear relevance to the environmental challenges facing modern Floridians. Having risen several meters since humans first settled the region, sea level continues to rise as climate warms, affecting the inhabitability of coastal sites, the productivity of marine biomes, and the ability of people to plan uncertain futures. Still, the long-term history of human settlement along the northern Gulf Coast is marked by a resiliency that enabled communities to response to environmental disaster and change without abandoning the coast. The history of both ancient and more recent coastal communities offers guideposts for changes yet to come.Less
Archaeological evidence for 4,000 years of coastal living on the northern Gulf Coast of Florida reveals lessons in displacement and resettlement that bear relevance to the environmental challenges facing modern Floridians. Having risen several meters since humans first settled the region, sea level continues to rise as climate warms, affecting the inhabitability of coastal sites, the productivity of marine biomes, and the ability of people to plan uncertain futures. Still, the long-term history of human settlement along the northern Gulf Coast is marked by a resiliency that enabled communities to response to environmental disaster and change without abandoning the coast. The history of both ancient and more recent coastal communities offers guideposts for changes yet to come.
Ibrahim Fraihat
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780300215632
- eISBN:
- 9780300220957
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300215632.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, Middle East History
Chapter 1 focuses on Libya’s transition following the eight-month revolution against Colonel Muammar Qaddafi in 2011 that ended his 42-year reign. It finds that Libya has since been plagued by ...
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Chapter 1 focuses on Libya’s transition following the eight-month revolution against Colonel Muammar Qaddafi in 2011 that ended his 42-year reign. It finds that Libya has since been plagued by instability as subsequent governments have been struggled to rule effectively in the face of state collapse and aggressive militias. The chapter identifies four major issues preventing genuine reconciliation in Libya. First is the “culture of the victor,” which has led to the classification of entire towns and tribes as either revolutionaries or loyalists, sharply dividing Libyan society. Second is disarmament, as revolutionaries that successfully toppled Qaddafi have refused to disarm and become part of the country’s new state structure, instead challenging the state and establishing fiefdoms, purportedly to protect the revolution. Conflict between these militias escalated until a new, multilateral civil war broke out in 2014 with several alliances being formed and two governments vying for power. The related final issue is displacement, as some 60,000 Libyans were never able to return home after the original 2011 conflict, and approximately 400,000 fled fighting in 2014.Less
Chapter 1 focuses on Libya’s transition following the eight-month revolution against Colonel Muammar Qaddafi in 2011 that ended his 42-year reign. It finds that Libya has since been plagued by instability as subsequent governments have been struggled to rule effectively in the face of state collapse and aggressive militias. The chapter identifies four major issues preventing genuine reconciliation in Libya. First is the “culture of the victor,” which has led to the classification of entire towns and tribes as either revolutionaries or loyalists, sharply dividing Libyan society. Second is disarmament, as revolutionaries that successfully toppled Qaddafi have refused to disarm and become part of the country’s new state structure, instead challenging the state and establishing fiefdoms, purportedly to protect the revolution. Conflict between these militias escalated until a new, multilateral civil war broke out in 2014 with several alliances being formed and two governments vying for power. The related final issue is displacement, as some 60,000 Libyans were never able to return home after the original 2011 conflict, and approximately 400,000 fled fighting in 2014.
Chris Myers Asch and George Derek Musgrove
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781469635866
- eISBN:
- 9781469635873
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469635866.003.0015
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter analyzes the dramatic economic and demographic transformations that D.C. experienced in the early twenty-first century. Driven by a nationwide housing boom and post-September 11 ...
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This chapter analyzes the dramatic economic and demographic transformations that D.C. experienced in the early twenty-first century. Driven by a nationwide housing boom and post-September 11 government expansion, new development injected millions of dollars of capital into neighborhoods that had not seen significant investment since the 1950s. Young, affluent residents swarmed back into Washington, reversing the city’s five-decade population slide, replenishing its tax base, and reshaping the landscape and the culture. But as the city became younger, wealthier, and whiter, many established residents, particularly black Washingtonians, felt alienated from their new neighbors and unwelcome in their own city. Unable to afford homes as D.C. real estate prices skyrocketed, many lower-income residents sought affordable housing in the suburbs. Those who stayed used their dwindling political strength to fight back against displacement and the policymakers who supported unbridled development. On the verge of financial collapse in the mid-1990s, by 2010 the nation’s capital was thriving economically but remained sharply divided along racial lines.Less
This chapter analyzes the dramatic economic and demographic transformations that D.C. experienced in the early twenty-first century. Driven by a nationwide housing boom and post-September 11 government expansion, new development injected millions of dollars of capital into neighborhoods that had not seen significant investment since the 1950s. Young, affluent residents swarmed back into Washington, reversing the city’s five-decade population slide, replenishing its tax base, and reshaping the landscape and the culture. But as the city became younger, wealthier, and whiter, many established residents, particularly black Washingtonians, felt alienated from their new neighbors and unwelcome in their own city. Unable to afford homes as D.C. real estate prices skyrocketed, many lower-income residents sought affordable housing in the suburbs. Those who stayed used their dwindling political strength to fight back against displacement and the policymakers who supported unbridled development. On the verge of financial collapse in the mid-1990s, by 2010 the nation’s capital was thriving economically but remained sharply divided along racial lines.
Courtney Elizabeth Knapp
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781469637273
- eISBN:
- 9781469637297
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469637273.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter introduces the reader to ‘diasporic placemaking’ as an alternative conceptual frame for understanding the cultural and socio-spatial politics of planning and development in Chattanooga, ...
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This chapter introduces the reader to ‘diasporic placemaking’ as an alternative conceptual frame for understanding the cultural and socio-spatial politics of planning and development in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It also describes current demographic and housing trends to demonstrate how the racialized stratification influences the city’s housing, economic, and placemaking infrastructures. An overview of the book chapters are also provided.Less
This chapter introduces the reader to ‘diasporic placemaking’ as an alternative conceptual frame for understanding the cultural and socio-spatial politics of planning and development in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It also describes current demographic and housing trends to demonstrate how the racialized stratification influences the city’s housing, economic, and placemaking infrastructures. An overview of the book chapters are also provided.
