The End of the Refugee Cycle? : : Refugee Repatriation and Reconstruction / / ed. by Richard Black, Khalid Koser.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Black, Richard,; Dolan, Chris,; Eastmond, Marita,; Flynn, Moya,; Hammond, Laura,; Hansen, Art,; Koser, Khalid,; Marsden, Peter,; McDowell, Christopher,; McSpadden, Lucia Ann,; Pilkington, Hilary,; Pottier, Johan,; Preston, Rosemary,; Stepputat, Finn,; Tavares, David,; Walsh, Martha,; Öjendal, Joakim,
• HerausgeberIn: Black, Richard,; Koser, Khalid,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [1999]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Language: English
• Series: Forced Migration ; 4
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)

At the start of the 1990s, there was great optimism that the end of the Cold War might also mean the end of the "refugee cycle" - both a breaking of the cycle of violence, persecution and flight, and the completion of the cycle for those able to return to their homes. The 1990s, it was hoped, would become the "decade of repatriation." However, although over nine million refugees were repatriated worldwide between 1991 and 1995, there are reasons to believe that it will not necessarily be a durable solution for refugees. It certainly has become clear that "the end of the refugee cycle" has been much more complex, and ultimately more elusive, than expected. The changing constructions and realities of refugee repatriation provide the backdrop for this book which presents new empirical research on examples of refugee repatriation and reconstruction. Apart from providing up-to-date material, it also fills a more fundamental gap in the literature which has tended to be based on pedagogical reasoning rather than actual field research. Adopting a global perspective, this volume draws together conclusions from highly varied experiences of refugee repatriation and defines repatriation and reconstruction as part of a wider and interrelated refugee cycle of displacement, exile and return. The contributions come from authors with a wealth of relevant practical and academic experience, spanning the continents of Africa, Asia, Central America, and Europe.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Part One Refugee Repatriation and Reconstruction -- 1. The End of the Refugee Cycle? -- 2. Researching Repatriation and Reconstruction: Who is Researching What and Why? -- Part Two Mass Repatriation of Refugees -- 3. Revisiting a ‘Repatriation Success’: The Case of Cambodia -- 4. Repatriation and Reconstruction: The Case Of Afghanistan -- 5. Contradictions and Control in Repatriation: Negotiations for the Return of 500,000 Eritrean Refugees -- 6. Repatriation from South Africa to Mozambique – Undermining Durable Solutions? -- Part Three The Complexity of Repatriation -- 7. Repatriation from the European Union to Bosnia- Herzegovina: the Role of Information -- 8. The Point of No Return: The Politics of the Swiss Tamil Repatriation Agreement -- 9. The ‘Self’ in Self-Repatriation: Closing Down Mugunga Camp, Eastern Zaire -- 10. From ‘Refugee’ to ‘Repatriate’: Russian Repatriation Discourse in the Making -- Part Four From Repatriation to Reconstruction? -- 11. Why Angolan Soldiers Worry about Demobilisation and Reintegration -- 12. Repatriation and Everyday Forms of State Formation in Guatemala -- 13. Examining the Discourse of Repatriation: Towards a More Proactive Theory of Return Migration -- Notes on Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index