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Migration, refugee policy, and state building in postcommunist Europe
- Title
- Migration, refugee policy, and state building in postcommunist Europe / Oxana Shevel.
- Author
- Shevel, Oxana.
- Publication
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 11-4222 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xv, 287 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Why do similar postcommunist states respond differently to refugees, with some being more receptive than others? Why do some states privilege certain refugee groups, while other states do not? This book presents a theory to account for this puzzle, and it centers on the role of the politics of nation-building and of the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). A key finding of the book is that when the boundaries of a nation are contested (and thus there is no consensus on which group should receive preferential treatment in state policies), a political space for a receptive and nondiscriminatory refugee policy opens up. The book speaks to the broader questions of how nationalism matters after communism, and under what conditions and through what mechanisms international actors can influence domestic polices. The analysis is based on extensive primary research the author conducted in four languages in the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 11-4222
- ISBN
- 9780521764797 (hardback)
- 0521764793 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2011013750
- OCLC
- YBP 2011013750
- Author
- Shevel, Oxana.
- Title
- Migration, refugee policy, and state building in postcommunist Europe / Oxana Shevel.
- Imprint
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 11-4222