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The Crux of Refugee Resettlement: Rebuilding Social Networks (Crossing Borders in a Global World: Applying Anthropology to Migration, Displacement, and Social Change)

The Crux of Refugee Resettlement: Rebuilding Social Networks (Crossing Borders in a Global World: Applying Anthropology to Migration, Displacement, and Social Change)

by Andrew Nelson (Editor), Andrew Nelson (Editor), Roos Willems (Editor), Alexander Rödlach (Editor)

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    Illustrated 2018

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Synopsis

The Crux of Refugee Resettlement reenvisions third-country resettlement, with a focus on the social networks generated by refugees. Each contributor uses ethnography to highlight refugee voices and experiences. This collection showcases the ways in which community-based solutions rebuild social networks and counteract the alienating conditions of resettlement.

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 336
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 01 Dec 2018
ISBN 10: 1498588891
ISBN 13: 9781498588898

Media Reviews
The Crux of Refugee Resettlement is an intriguing and uplifting exploration of the way that resettled refugees adapt to their new homes, focusing on the limitations of formal assistance programs and the central role played by social networks, solidarity and community-based action in the integration process. This is essential reading for policymakers, practitioners and researchers engaged in the issue of refugee resettlement. -- Jeff Crisp, formerly at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
The Crux of Refugee Resettlement has strongly advanced the field of migration and refugee studies with this deeply insightful and comprehensive exploration of the complexities in the lives of displaced peoples and their making (remaking) of new homes. This human-centered book understands refugee strengths and possibilities while also discussing internal weaknesses and conflicts of the community, revealing a treasure of qualitative and partnership methodologies that have allowed the authors to gain trust of and access to the refugee and immigrant communities. It demonstrates the social capital, strengths, and strategies that refugees utilize to overcome poorly constructed and administered government policies, and presents new methods of understanding best practices. Indeed, it becomes evident that refugees have much to teach all of us. -- Alan LeBaron, Kennesaw State University
Author Bio
Andrew Nelson is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of North Texas. Alexander Roedlach is associate professor of medical anthropology and psychiatry at Creighton University. Roos Willems is cultural anthropologist at the University of Leuven.