The Global Governed?: Refugees as Providers of Protection and Assistance

by Alexander Betts, Kate Pincock, Evan Easton-Calabria

Book Overview

When refugees flee war and persecution, protection and assistance are usually provided by United Nations organisations and their NGO implementing partners. In camps and cities, the dominant humanitarian model remains premised upon a provider-beneficiary relationship. In parallel to this model, however, is a largely neglected story: refugees themselves frequently mobilise to create organisations or networks as alternative providers of social protection...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108816703
• ISBN13: 9781108816700
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.5"