| Governing Refugees: Justice, Order and Legal Pluralism Contributor(s): McConnachie, Kirsten (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415834007 ISBN-13: 9780415834001 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Civil Rights - Law | Emigration & Immigration - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare |
| Dewey: 362.875 |
| LCCN: 2013039316 |
| Series: Law, Development and Globalization |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.15 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Refugee camps are imbued in the public imagination with assumptions of anarchy, danger and refugee passivity. Governing Refugees: Justice, Order and Legal Pluralism challenges such assumptions, arguing that refugee camps should be recognized as spaces where social capital can not only survive, but thrive. This book examines camp management and the administration of justice in refugee camps on the Thailand-Burma border. Emphasising the work of refugees themselves in coping with and adapting to encampment, it considers themes of agency, sovereignty and legal pluralism in an analysis of local governance and the production of order beyond the state. Governing Refugees will appeal to anyone with relevant interests in law, anthropology and criminology, as well as those working in the area of refugee studies. |