The Concerned Women of Buduburam : refugee activists and humanitarian dilemmas /

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In The Concerned Women of Buduburam, Elizabeth Holzer offers an unprecedented firsthand account of the rise and fall of social protests in a long-standing refugee camp. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the host government of Ghana established the Buduburam Refugee Camp in 1990 to pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Holzer, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Refugees > Liberia.
Refugee camps > Ghana.
Refugees > Political activity > Ghana.
Humanitarian assistance > Ghana.
Réfugiés > Liberia.
Camps de réfugiés > Ghāna.
Réfugiés > Activité politique > Ghāna.
Aide humanitaire > Ghāna.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
Humanitarian assistance
Refugee camps
Refugees
Refugees > Political activity
Ghana
Liberia
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the midnight hour in this refugee crisis
  • Achieving everyday life in humanitarian crisis
  • Civic engagement in the refugee camp
  • Bifurcated governmentality
  • The Concerned Women protests
  • Refugee dissent as a social problem
  • Legitimacy in repression's aftermath
  • Conclusion : compassionate authoritarianism.

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