Refuge, Alexander Betts
Refuge, Alexander Betts
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Refuge
Rethinking Refugee Policy in a Changing World

Author: Alexander Betts, Paul Collier

Narrator: Clive Chafer

Unabridged: 10 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/01/2017


Synopsis

Global refugee numbers are at their highest levels since the end of World War II, but the system in place to deal with them, based upon a humanitarian list of imagined "basic needs," has changed little. In Refuge, Paul Collier and Alexander Betts argue that the system fails to provide a comprehensive solution to the fundamental problem, which is how to reintegrate displaced people into society. Western countries deliver food, clothing, and shelter to refugee camps, but these sites, usually located in remote border locations, can make things worse. The numbers are stark: the average length of stay in a refugee camp worldwide is seventeen years. Into this situation comes the Syria crisis, which has dislocated countless families, bringing them to face an impossible choice: huddle in dangerous urban desolation, rot in dilapidated camps, or flee across the Mediterranean to increasingly unwelcoming governments.

Refuge seeks to restore moral purpose and clarity to refugee policy. Rather than assuming indefinite dependency, Collier—author of The Bottom Billion—and his Oxford colleague Betts propose a humanitarian approach integrated with a new economic agenda that begins with jobs, restores autonomy, and rebuilds people's ability to help themselves and their societies.

About Alexander Betts

Alexander Betts is the Leopold Muller Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs, William Golding Senior Fellow in Politics at Brasenose College, and Associate Head (Doctoral and Research Training) of the Social Science Division, at the University of Oxford. He served as director of the Refugee Studies Centre between 2014 and 2017. His research focuses mainly on the political economy of refugee assistance, with a focus on Africa.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Eva

This book does the job our politicians should have asked for: a thorough analysis of the refugee situation with potential alternatives for solutions along with an in depth evaluation of those alternatives, using both head and heart. A recurring theme in the book are decisions made using either the h......more

Goodreads review by Jukka

Muutaman vuoden vanha kirja pakolaisuudesta Syyrian tapahtumien valossa. Kirjoittajana kehitystaloustieteen professori Paul Collier ja minulle ennestään tuntematon pakolaisasiantuntija Alexander Betts. Molemmat Oxfordin yliopistosta. Referoin kirjaa: Ensimmäisenä löi silmille se asia, että lopulta Sy......more

Goodreads review by Martin

Batts a Collier, dvaja celebritní vedci z Oxfordu, spísali knihu o tom, ako vyriešiť nefungujúci systém pomoci utečencom. Tldr/v skratke: Namiesto vylučovania na okraj spoločnosti integrovať cez ekonomickú aktivitu. V ekonomických zónach a krajinách, blízko ohnísk konfliktu. Teraz celý príbeh okolo.......more