Law, development and globalization. Governing refugees: justice, order and legal pluralism

Type

Book

Authors

Kirsten McConnachie

ISBN 10

0415834007

ISBN 13

9780415834001

Tags

Emigration & Immigration, Civil Rights, Reference, Asian, Social Services & Welfare, Law, Public Policy

Series Name

Law, development and globalization.

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. - from Amzon

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