| Mistrusting Refugees Contributor(s): Daniel, E. Valentine (Editor), Knudsen, John Chr (Editor), Jayawardena, Lal (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0520088999 ISBN-13: 9780520088993 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $31.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1996 Annotation: Fifteen scholars from diverse fields provide a rich array of perspectives. Their subjects range widely across the globe and include Afghans, Vietnamese, Palestinians, Cambodians, Tamils, and Mayan Indians of Guatemala. The essays maintain a delicate balance between providing specific details of the refugee experience and exploring corresponding theories of trust and mistrust. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Demography |
| Dewey: 362.870 |
| LCCN: 95018975 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.95" W x 8.96" (0.91 lbs) 330 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The twentieth century has seen people displaced on an unprecedented scale and has brought concerns about refugees into sharp focus. There are forty million refugees in the world-1 in 130 inhabitants of this planet. In this first interdisciplinary study of the issue, fifteen scholars from diverse fields focus on the worldwide disruption of "trust" as a sentiment, a concept, and an experience. Contributors provide a rich array of essays that maintain a delicate balance between providing specific details of the refugee experience and exploring corresponding theories of trust and mistrust. Their subjects range widely across the globe, and include Palestinians, Cambodians, Tamils, and Mayan Indians of Guatemala. By examining what individuals experience when removed from their own culture, these essays reflect on individual identity and culture as a whole. |
