Research Catalog

Title

The urbanization of forced displacement : UNHCR, urban refugees, and the dynamics of policy change / Neil James Wilson Crawford.

Author

Crawford, Neil James Wilson

Publication

• Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
• ©2021

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Details

Description

xi, 328 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"Displacement in the twenty-first century is urbanized. The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the world's largest humanitarian organization and the main body charged with assisting displaced people globally, estimates that over 60 per cent of refugees now live in urban areas, a proportion that only increases in the case of internally displaced people and asylum seekers. Though cities and local authorities have become essential sites for the protection of refugees, only three decades ago they were considered as sitting firmly beyond UNHCR's remit, with urban refugees typically characterized as aberrations. In The Urbanization of Forced Displacement Neil James Wilson Crawford examines the organization's response to the growing number of refugees migrating to urban areas. Introducing a broader study of policy-making in international organizations, Crawford addresses how and why UNHCR changed its policy and practice in response to shifting trends in displacement. Citing over 400 primary UN documents, Crawford provides an in-depth study of the internal and external pressures faced by UNHCR--pressures from above, below, and within--that explain why it has radically transformed its position from the 1990s onward. UNHCR and global refugee policies have come to play an increasingly important role in the governance of global displacement. The Urbanization of Forced Displacement sheds new light on how the organization works and how it conceives its role in global politics today."--

Series Statement

McGill-Queen's refugee and forced migration studies ; 6

Uniform Title

McGill-Queen's refugee and forced migration studies ; 6.

Subject

• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• United Nations
• International agencies
• Refugees > Government policy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Issued also in electronic format.

Contents

Introduction: The Urbanization of Forced Displacement -- Conceptualizing Policy Change -- Policy-Making in the United Nations -- UNHCR and Urban Refugees : Avoiding Dependency, 1994-97 -- UNHCR and Urban Refugees : Decorating Our Bookshelves,1998-2003 -- UNHCR and Urban Refugees : Beyond Sprawling Camps, 2004-09 -- UNHCR in an Urban World.

Call Number

JFE 22-1301

ISBN

• 9780228008170
• 0228008174
• 9780228008187
• 0228008182

OCLC

1241730457

Author

Crawford, Neil James Wilson, author.

Title

The urbanization of forced displacement : UNHCR, urban refugees, and the dynamics of policy change / Neil James Wilson Crawford.

Publisher

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

McGill-Queen's refugee and forced migration studies ; 6

McGill-Queen's refugee and forced migration studies ; 6.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional Formats

Issued also in electronic format.

Other Form:

Online version: Crawford, Neil James Wilson. Urbanization of forced displacement. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021 0228009359 9780228009351 (OCoLC)1257312537

Research Call Number

JFE 22-1301