Forced to Flee

Human Rights and Human Wrongs in Refugee Homelands

Peter W. Van Arsdale

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2006
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780739155066
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Anthropology
• Index: Social Sciences

"The Modern Refugee Era" began with the end of World War II. An extensive literature has been created on the issue of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons during this period. While much of this has focused on refugee "flight" and "post-flight," Forced to Flee uniquely looks at the "pre-flight" environment and the factors contributing to human rights violations therein. It is due to these abuses that many people flee their homelands. Author Peter W. Van Arsdale presents first-hand fieldwork conducted over a 30-year span in six refugee homelands ranging from Sudan to Bosnia. This expert research bridges the emergent refugee and human rights regimes, while addressing theories of obligation, justice, and structural inequality. Van Arsdale also deftly tackles the difficult ideas of compassion, suffering, and evil, and introduces the concept of "pragmatic humanitarianism." Forced to Flee is a comprehensive study that should be of great interest to scholars and practitioners of anthropology, sociology, social work, political science, and environmental studies.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter One - Ideas that Work
• Chapter Two - Papua and the Issue of Enclave Development
• Chapter Three - Ethiopia and the Issue of Terror
• Chapter Four - Bosnia and the Issue of Concentration Camps
• Chapter Five - El Salvador and the Issue of Disappearance
• Chapter Six - Sudan and the Issue of Genocide
• Chapter Seven - Palestine and the Issue of Internal Displacement
• Chapter Eight - Interventions that Work
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author