The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection (Global Institutions)

Routledge, 2011. Paperback. Like New. This revised and expanded second edition of The United Nations High Commiss ioner for Refugees (UNHCR) continues to offer a concise and comprehensive i ntroduction to both the world of refugees and the organizations that protec t and assist them. This updated edition also includes: up to date coverage of the UNHCR's most recent history and policy developme nts evaluation of new thinking on issues such as working in UN integrated opera tions and within the UN peacebuilding commission assessment of the UNHCR's record of working for IDP's (internally displaced persons) discussion of the politics of protection and its implications for the work of the UNHCR outline of the new challenges for the agency including environmental refuge es, victims of natural disasters and survival migrants. Written by experts in the field, this is one of the very few books to trace the relationship between state interests, global politics, and the work of the UNHCR. This book will appeal to students, scholars, practitioners, and readers with an interest in international relations. Editorial Reviews Review Praise for previous edition: 'An important contribution' - Claudia Seymour, School of Oriental and Afric an Studies, UK About the Author Alexander Betts is University Lecturer in Refugee Studies and Forced Migrat ion at the University of Oxford. He has worked at UNHCR headquarters and is the author of Protection by Persuasion: International Cooperation in the R efugee Regime (2009). Gil Loescher is Visiting Professor, Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre D.