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The rise and decline of a global security actor : UNHCR, refugee protection, and security
- Title
- The rise and decline of a global security actor : UNHCR, refugee protection, and security / Anne Hammerstad.
- Author
- Hammerstad, Anne
- Publication
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- ©2014
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Details
- Description
- x, 345 pages; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The rise and decline of a global security actor -- From explaining to constructing security : a conceptual analysis -- Victims or threats? : placing displacement on three security agendas -- Institutional and international developments -- The 1950s to 1970s : timidity and restraint in UNHCR's discourse -- The 1980s : a political turn -- The 1990s : adopting and adapting a security discourse -- The 2000s and beyond : return of a protection discourse -- UNHCR's rise as a global security actor : Northern Iraq, 1991 -- A humanitarian star : lead agency in Bosnia, 1991-95 -- Protection disaster in Eastern Zaire, 1994-96 -- How success became failure : the Kosovo Crisis, 1998-99 -- Challenges of protection after 9/11 -- Repatriating Afghan refugees -- Conclusion: The ongoing quest for power, independence and relevance.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-3510
- ISBN
- 9780199213085 (hbk.)
- 0199213089 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2013957465
- OCLC
- 874927719
- Author
- Hammerstad, Anne, author.
- Title
- The rise and decline of a global security actor : UNHCR, refugee protection, and security / Anne Hammerstad.
- Publisher
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-3510