Kurdish diasporas : a comparative study of Kurdish refugee communities /

An Important theoretical contribution to the area of refugee studies, this book is based on ethnographic fieldwork among Kurdish refugees in the UK and Finland. The author has uniquely combined empirical evidence and contemporary sociological theories of diasporas and transnationalism. Vivid ethnogr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wahlbeck, �Osten, 1965-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martins Press in association with Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick, 1999
Series:Migration, minorities, and citizenship
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Inclusion and Exclusion of Refugees: Rethinking Concepts and Theories
  • 2. Politics and Forced Migration in Kurdistan
  • 3. Resettlement Policies: Two Different Models
  • 4. Towards a Wider Understanding of the Refugee Experience
  • 5. Process of Integration
  • 6. Kurdish Associations: Community Work and Diasporic Politics
  • 7. Conclusions.