This edited volume focuses on a sustained analysis of the nature of forced displacement with an emphasis on the attendant human tragedies that come with the forced displacement of people. It explores the connections in refugee, migrant, and IDPs themes with a goal to sketching out some ways of thinking about refugees, migrants, and IDPs through the different chapters. The collection aims to answer the following questions: What discourses are created around refugees, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) from different parts of the world? What is the relationship between those discourses and foreign policies and national politics in the North and South? With chapters from scholars and policy makers from different parts of the world experiencing the refugee and forced migration crises, this book will enhance the perceptions we have on these populations and help to make the policies that govern them.
Fonkem Achankeng is associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction by Fonkem Achankeng Chapter 1: Expanding the Social Contract: Responding Ethically to the Migration Crisis by Eric Kraemer Chapter 2: Global Refugee Crisis as Crisis of Imperialist Accumulation by Dispossession by Immanuel Tatah Mentan Chapter 3: Citizenship as Commodity: A Closer Look at Birthright Citizenship by Philip Sutherland Chapter 4: Colonialism, Refugees, Migrants and Human Tragedies by Fonkem Achankeng Chapter 5: Refugees and Immigrants: The Tragedy of Arab Politics in the Early 21th Century by Ali R. Abootelabi Chapter 6: Beyond Resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons in Bakassi: Challenges and Vistas by Osita Adah Chapter 7: Refugees With or Without Papers: Stories of Persecution, Flight, and Resettlement in the United States by Donald F. Hones, Mayra Pasayes, and Txerthoj Vang Chapter 8: Rudolphs Searching for Sleighs: Parallels, Paradoxes and the Emotional Challenges of Standing Out Without a Stage by Patience E. Fonkem Chapter 9: The Hmong American Experience: The Shifting, Cultivation, Transformation and Preservation of an Ancient Culture by Pao Lor Chapter 10: Involuntary Migration and Human Security in Africa: Exploring Legal Frameworks and Regional Infrastructure for Refugee Protection by Goodnews Osah, Abiola Abayomi Isikalu, Nwadiuto Franca Nwakanma & Uzzibi Methuselah Irmiya Chapter 11: ESTHER, Refugees, and Immigrants in the Fox Valley Region by Hannah P. Schmidt Chapter 12: Migration and African Diasporic Living Conditions by Chibuzor Ayodele Nwaodike, Goodnews Osah, and Uduakobong Edy-Ewoh Chapter 13: Complexities of Boko Haram-Induced Displacement in Nigeria by Michael Ihuoma Ogu and Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso Chapter 14: Public Art, Public Voices: Changing the Narrative on Borders and Belonging by Shane Boeder Chapter 15: Border Crosser by Donald J. Hones and A Refugee by Jodi Meyer Appendix A: Questionnaires for Mayra Pasayes and Txerthoj Vang About the Contributors
Authoritative, provocative, and prescriptive in orientation; this books highlights a humanitarian crisis that constitutes a global embarrassment. Its interdisciplinary profile provides a framework for understanding the historical and lived experiences of affected persons offered in theoretical, empirical, and literary research traditions. -- Sati Fwatshak, University of Jos
