From Context of Flight to Characteristics of Exile: A Field-Based Study of Iraqi Refugees in A Damascene Suburb - Softcover

Paasche, Erlend

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3845402873 ISBN 13: 9783845402871

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

As the main refugee-recipient country for the post-2003 Iraqi exodus, Syria warrants interest for anyone concerned with the transnational security implications of refugee flows from countries experiencing internal strife. Which are most important of pre- or post-displacement factors for Syrian domestic security? The author of this field-based study of predominantly Christian Iraqi refugees in the Damascene suburb of Jaramana, critically examines theory on refugee involvement in political violence in light of his own qualitative data. The author offers a theoretical critique and argues that the question of domestic security in Syria seems to be largely a matter of meeting the socioeconomic needs of urban refugees and locals. Consequently, he argues, relief and development should be linked and Syria must start capitalizing on Iraqi human capital by allowing its refugees to lead more productive lives.

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About the Author

Erlend Paasche is currently doing doctoral research on the sociology of post-conflict return migration to Iraq from Norway and the UK, at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). He has a BA and MA in Middle East studies, from the University of Oslo, Norway, including Arabic studies in Syria and Egypt, and has field experience from Syria and Iraq.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3845402873
• ISBN 13: 9783845402871
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 116