Beschreibung:
A unique study of a postwar campaign by the UN, NGOs, governments and individuals to address the global refugee crisis.
Introduction; 1. Free World?; 2. Sites of confrontation, crucibles of displacement: towards World Refugee Year; 3. World Refugee Year: the politics of a global campaign; 4. World Refugee Year presences and absences; 5. Bricks or dynamite? Achievements, disappointments, opportunities; Conclusion. Global politics, humanitarianism and refugees in the modern era.