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Surviving the war in Syria : survival strategies in a time of conflict
- Title
- Surviving the war in Syria : survival strategies in a time of conflict / Justin Schon.
- Author
- Schon, Justin
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- ©2021
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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 21-663 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xii, 233 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This book examines civilian survival strategies during conflict. Civilians select one or more survival strategies from a repertoire of available survival strategies. I focus on migration and community support specifically. To select either of these actions, civilians need motivation and opportunity. Evidence for this argument comes from interviews with over 200 Syrian refugees, Somali refugees, and secondary source materials. I find that motivation is driven by the processes of trauma, PTSD or PTG that violent experiences can trigger. With PTSD, people undergo narrative ruptures more quickly, whereas PTG delays narrative ruptures. Opportunity, meanwhile, is driven by whether people hold an advantaged social status, which is often referred to as wasta in Syria"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : how civilians protect themselves -- A theory of civilian survival strategies -- Interviewing Syrian refugees -- Who has violent experiences? The reinforcing misfortunes of dangerous locations and dangerous connections -- How psychological transformations change conflict understandings : narrative evolution vs. narrative rupture -- How wasta provides opportunity to act safely -- Why and how people share information during conflict -- Choosing when to migrate -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JFE 21-663
- ISBN
- 9781108842518
- 1108842518
- 9781108829229
- 1108829228
- 9781108909716 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2020017431
- OCLC
- 1152384763
- Author
- Schon, Justin, author.
- Title
- Surviving the war in Syria : survival strategies in a time of conflict / Justin Schon.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 2011
- Other Form:
- Online version: Schon, Justin Surviving the war in Syria Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020. 9781108909716 (DLC) 2020017432
- Research Call Number
- JFE 21-663