- Description
- 1 online resource (x, 345 pages)
- Uniform Title
- Rise and decline of a global security actor (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Rise and decline of a global security actor (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 305-336) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction: The rise and decline of a global security actor -- Part 1: Displacement and security -- From explaining to constructing security : a conceptual analysis -- Victims or threats? : placing displacement on three security agendas -- Part 2: An intellectual history of UNHCR -- 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 -- Part 3: An actor or re-actor in international refugee politics? -- 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.
- LCCN
- 2013957465
- OCLC
- ssj0001167398
- Author
Hammerstad, Anne.
- Title
The rise and decline of a global security actor [electronic resource] : UNHCR, refugee protection, and security / Anne Hammerstad.
- Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Edition
First edition.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 305-336) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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