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
Main Author: Holzer, Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Refugees > Political activity.
Refugees.
Refugee camps.
Humanitarian assistance.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Aide humanitaire > Ghāna.
Refugies > Activite politique > Ghāna.
Camps de refugies > Ghāna.
Refugies > Liberia.
Humanitarian assistance > Ghana.
Refugees > Political activity > Ghana.
Refugee camps > Ghana.
Refugees > Liberia.
Liberia.
Ghana.
Electronic books.
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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