Survival Migration: Failed Governance and the Crisis of Displacement

by Alexander Betts

Book Overview

International treaties, conventions, and organizations to protect refugees were established in the aftermath of World War II to protect people escaping targeted persecution by their own governments. However, the nature of cross-border displacement has transformed dramatically since then. Such threats as environmental change, food insecurity, and generalized violence force massive numbers of people to flee states that are unable or unwilling to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801477778
• ISBN13: 9780801477775
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"