The refugee challenge in post-Cold War America / Maria Cristina Garcia.
Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190697754 (ebook) :Subject(s): Refugees -- Government policy -- United States | Asylum, Right of -- United States | United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy | World politics -- 1989-Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190655303DDC classification: 325.210973 LOC classification: JV6601Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This volume examines the geopolitical and domestic interests that have shaped US refugee and asylum policy since 1989. In the post-Cold War era, policymakers consider a wider range of populations as potentially eligible for refuge: victims of civil unrest, trafficking, and gender and sexuality-based discrimination.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume examines the geopolitical and domestic interests that have shaped US refugee and asylum policy since 1989. In the post-Cold War era, policymakers consider a wider range of populations as potentially eligible for refuge: victims of civil unrest, trafficking, and gender and sexuality-based discrimination.
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