Exile and Belonging: Refugees and State Policy in South Asia

By Pia Oberoi

This study deals with the refugee flows that South Asia has witnessed. It argues that while the refugee policy of those states is based on ideas of hospitality toward strangers rooted in the cultural and legal traditions of the region, implementation of the policies seldom reflect it.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195678931
• ISBN13: 9780195678932
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.3"