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This book explores the role of UNHCR in protracted refugee situations, and seeks to understand situations where they may find themselves taking on responsibilities far beyond their mandates, and often becoming a 'surrogate state'.



Autorentext

Sarah Deardorff Miller teaches international relations and refugee-focused courses with Columbia University, American University and the University of London. She previously worked, and continues to consult, with NGOs, and think tanks and recently released a book on Syrian displacement.



Zusammenfassung
International organizations (IOs) that focus on refugees are finding themselves spread increasingly thin. As the scale of displacement reaches historic levels-protracted refugee situations now average 26 years-organizations are staying for years on end, often working well beyond their original mandates. In some cases, IOs may even act as a substitute for the state. This book considers the conditions under which surrogacy occurs and what it means for the organization's influence on the state. It looks specifically at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as a surrogate state in protracted refugee situations in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.Drawing on international relations literature and empirical studies of UNHCR, Miller asks how and when UNHCR takes on surrogacy, and what effect this has on its ability to influence how a host state treats refugees. The book develops a framework for understanding IOs at the domestic level and presents a counterintuitive finding: IO surrogacy actually leads to less influence on the state. In other words, where UNHCR behaves like a state, it is less able to influence a host state's refugee policies.UNHCR provides an excellent example of an IO working on multiple levels, making this book of great interest to practitioners and policymakers working on refugee-related issues, and scholars of forced migration, international relations, international organizations, and UNHCR.

Inhalt

Introduction 1 The Theoretical Framework 2 Applying the Framework to UNHCR 3 Kenya 4 Tanzania 5 Uganda 6 Conclusions
Titel
UNHCR as a Surrogate State
Untertitel
Protracted Refugee Situations
Autor
Sarah Deardorff Miller
EAN
9781315456805
ISBN
978-1-315-45680-5
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Hersteller
Taylor & Francis eBooks
Herausgeber
Taylor & Francis
Genre
Politikwissenschaft
Veröffentlichung
22.09.2017
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
1 MB
Anzahl Seiten
190
Jahr
2017
Untertitel
Englisch