Forced Migration and Global Politics

Throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty–first, millions of people have been forced to flee their homes. The causes and consequences of this and international responses to displacement lie at the very heart of world politics; however, these important issues have been largely neglected by its primary discipline: International Relations.
Redressing this gap, the book systematically applies International Relations (IR) theory to the international politics of forced migration. This represents the first textbook to merge conceptual tools of IR with empirical data on forced migration. It explains the central debates and concepts of IR – International Relations theories, sovereignty and statehood, security, international cooperation, global governance, global North–South relations, globalization, and regionalism – and highlights their relevance to forced migration. Using examples and in–depth case studies, Forced Migration and Global Politics adopts a ground–breaking approach to offer valuable insights to an issue of increasing complexity and importance in today′s world.

Spis treści:
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. International Relations Theories
2. Sovereignty and the State System
3. Security
4. International Cooperation
5. Global Governance
6. North–South Relations and the International Political Economy
7. Globalization
8. Regionalism
Bibliography
Index

Nota biograficzna:
Alexander Betts is Hedley Bull Research Fellow in International Relations at the University of Oxford, where he is also Director of the MacArthur Foundation–funded Global Migration Governance Project. He has written extensively on the international politics of refugee protection and migration, most recently co–authoring UNHCR: The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection into the Twenty–First Century with Gil Loescher and James Milner (2008).

Okładka tylna:
Throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty–first, millions of people have been forced to flee their homes. The causes and consequences of this and international responses to displacement lie at the very heart of world politics; however, these important issues have been largely neglected by its primary discipline: International Relations.
Redressing this gap, the book systematically applies International Relations (IR) theory to the international politics of forced migration. This represents the first textbook to merge conceptual tools of IR with empirical data on forced migration. It explains the central debates and concepts of IR – International Relations theories, sovereignty and statehood, security, international cooperation, global governance, global North–South relations, globalization, and regionalism – and highlights their relevance to forced migration. Using examples and in–depth case studies, Forced Migration and Global Politics adopts a ground–breaking approach to offer valuable insights to an issue of increasing complexity and importance in today′s world.