The rise and decline of a global security actor : UNHCR, refugee protection, and security /

This title investigates the rise of the UNHCR as a global security actor and follows the refugee agency through some of the past two decades' major conflict-induced humanitarian emergencies, including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Iraq, Kosovo, and Zaire/Congo.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hammerstad, Anne (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Vereinte Nationen > Hoher Kommissar für Flüchtlinge
Refugees > Legal status, laws, etc.
Security, International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Security, International
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Refugees.
Human rights.
International protection.
Human security.
International peace and security.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The rise and decline of a global security actor
  • From explaining to constructing security : a conceptual analysis
  • Victims or threats? : placing displacement on three security agendas
  • Institutional and international developments
  • The 1950s to 1970s : timidity and restraint in UNHCR's discourse
  • The 1980s : a political turn
  • The 1990s : adopting and adapting a security discourse
  • The 2000s and beyond : return of a protection discourse
  • UNHCR's rise as a global security actor : Northern Iraq, 1991
  • A humanitarian star : lead agency in Bosnia, 1991-95
  • Protection disaster in Eastern Zaire, 1994-96
  • How success became failure : the Kosovo Crisis, 1998-99
  • Challenges of protection after 9/11
  • Repatriating Afghan refugees
  • Conclusion: The ongoing quest for power, independence and relevance.

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