Betts Forced Migration and Global Politics

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1587-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

Using real-world examples and in-depth case studies, ForcedMigration and Global Politics systematically appliesInternational Relations theory to explore the internationalpolitics of forced migration.
* Provides an accessible and thought-provoking introduction tothe main debates and concepts in international relations andexamines their relevance for understanding forced migration
* Utilizes a wide-range of real-world examples and in-depth casestudies, including the harmonization of EU asylum and immigrationpolicy and the securitization of asylum since 9/11
* Explores the relevance of cutting-edge debates in internationalrelations to forced migration

Autoren/Hrsg.

Betts, Alexander

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. International Relations Theories
2. Sovereignty and the State System
3. Security
4. International Cooperation
5. Global Governance
6. North-South Relations and the International PoliticalEconomy
7. Globalization
8. Regionalism
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Alexander Betts is Hedley Bull Research Fellow in International Relations at the University of Oxford, where he is also Director of the MacArthur Foundation-funded Global Migration Governance Project. He has written extensively on the international politics of refugee protection and migration, most recently co-authoring UNHCR: The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection into the Twenty-First Century with Gil Loescher and James Milner (2008).