A Right to Flee: Refugees, States, and the Construction of International Cooperation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107076259)

Why do states protect refugees? In the past twenty years, states have sought to limit access to asylum by increasing their border controls and introducing extraterritorial controls. Yet no state has sought to exit the 1951 Refugee Convention or the broader international refugee regime. This book argues that such international policy shifts represent an ongoing process whereby refugee protection is shaped and redefined by states and other actors. Since the seventeenth century, a mix of collective interests and basic normative understandings held by states created a space for refugees to be separate from other migrants. However, ongoing crisis events undermine these understandings and provide opportunities to reshape how refugees are understood, how they should be protected, and whether protection is a state or multilateral responsibility. Drawing on extensive archival and secondary materials, Phil Orchard examines the interplay among governments, individuals, and international organizations that has shaped how refugees are understood today.

Author: Phil Orchard
ISBN-10: 1107076250
ISBN-13: 9781107076259
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/09/2014
Pages: 310
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2015 pg. 1401