Migration, Refugee Policy, and State Building in Postcommunist Europe

by Oxana Shevel

Book Overview

Why do similar postcommunist states respond differently to refugees? Why do some states privilege certain refugee groups, while other states do not? This book presents a theory to account for this puzzle, and it centers on the role of the politics of nation-building and of the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). A key finding of the book is that when the boundaries of a nation are contested (and thus there is no consensus on which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521764793
• ISBN13: 9780521764797
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.5"