The Global Governed?

Refugees as Providers of Protection and Assistance
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-49494-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 140 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 713 g

Reihe: Cambridge Asylum and Migration Studies

When refugees flee war and persecution, protection and assistance are usually provided by United Nations organisations and their NGO implementing partners. In camps and cities, the dominant humanitarian model remains premised upon a provider-beneficiary relationship. In parallel to this model, however, is a largely neglected story: refugees themselves frequently mobilise to create organisations or networks as alternative providers of social protection. Based on fieldwork in refugee camps and cities in Uganda and Kenya, this book examines how refugee-led organisations emerge, the forms they take, and their interactions with international institutions. Developing an original theoretical framework based on the concept of 'the global governed', the book shows how power and hierarchy mediate the seemingly benign notion of protection. Drawing upon ideas from anthropology and international relations, it offers an alternative vision for more participatory global governance, of relevance to other policy-fields including development, humanitarianism, health, peacekeeping, and child protection.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pincock, Kate

Betts, Alexander

Easton-Calabria, Evan

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical framework; 3. Kampala; 4. Nakivale; 5. Nairobi; 6. Kakuma; Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Pincock, Kate
Kate Pincock is a Research Associate at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, and a Researcher for the Overseas Development Institute. She received her PhD in International Development from the University of Bath, and her research focuses on forced migration and gender in East Africa.

Easton-Calabria, Evan
Evan Easton-Calabria is a Research Officer at the Refugee Studies Centre, and Junior Research Fellow at Wadham College, University of Oxford. Her research focuses on refugee self-reliance, and the history of forced migration and development.

Betts, Alexander
Alexander Betts is Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs, and William Golding Senior Fellow in Politics at Brasenose College, University of Oxford. He was previously Director of the Refugee Studies Centre, is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and was named by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the leading global thinkers of 2016.