New Edition of the Journal of Refugee Studies

Journal of Refugee Studies

The latest issue of the Journal of Refugee Studies has just been published.  The table of contents for the Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 25 Number 1, (March 2012), is available on the Oxford Journals website and a list of articles available in this issue are detailed below:

Articles

Forcing the Issue: Migration Crises and the Uneasy Dialogue between Refugee Research and Policy
Nicholas Van Hear
Journal of Refugee Studies 2012 25: 2-24
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

UK Dispersal Policy and Onward Migration: Mapping the Current State of Knowledge
Emma S. Stewart
Journal of Refugee Studies 2012 25: 25-49
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

‘Migration Control and the Solutions Impasse in South and Southeast Asia: Implications from the Rohingya Experience’
Samuel Cheung
Journal of Refugee Studies 2012 25: 50-70
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

The Divergent Experiences of Children and Adults in the Relocation Process: Perspectives of Child and Parent Refugee Claimants in Montreal
Gillian Morantz, Cecile Rousseau, and Jody Heymann
Journal of Refugee Studies 2012 25: 71-92
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

After War then Peace: The US-based Liberian Diaspora as Peace-building Norm Entrepreneurs
Osman Antwi-Boateng
Journal of Refugee Studies 2012 25: 93-112
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

‘It Would be Okay If They Came through the Proper Channels’: Community Perceptions and Attitudes toward Asylum Seekers in Australia
Fiona H. Mckay, Samantha L. Thomas, and Susan Kneebone
Journal of Refugee Studies 2012 25: 113-133
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

The Genesis and Development of Article 1 of the 1951 Refugee Convention
Irial Glynn
Journal of Refugee Studies 2012 25: 134-148
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

 

New Pubs. on Refugee Research, Youth, Newly Arrived Migrants, Employment

Journal of Refugee Studies

Forcing the Issue: Migration Crises and the Uneasy Dialogue between Refugee Research and Policy
By Nicholas Van Hear
Journal of Refugee Studies – Advanced Access.

Abstract from the Oxford Journals website:

Refugee studies are often said to be a product of the policy world, shaped by global power relations and in particular by the interests of the global north. This article attempts to refine this view by exploring the relationship between refugees and forced migration as ‘real world’ phenomena and refugee or forced migration studies as a field of enquiry. The article takes two upheavals—the collapse of communist regimes in 1989–1991 and the financial and economic crisis of 2008–2011—to mark out or ‘bookend’ a period of about two decades during which we may track migration crises and upheavals of varying magnitudes and depth, and relate these developments to the unfolding of refugee or forced migration studies. Taking issue with some commentators’ views about the relationship between ‘real world’ forced migration and the development of forced migration studies as an analytical field, the article addresses the relations among three types of thinking: social science understandings of refugees and forced migration; thinking about refugees and forced migration in the world of policy and practice; and popular or everyday thinking about refugees. Concepts travel among these spheres of thinking and are shaped and transformed en route. Subject to power relations like other forms of knowledge, social science research on forced migration may influence both popular and governmental thinking as much as policy categories shape forced migration research.

[Access]
(Source: Oxford Journals)

The Employment Rights of Refugees in Africa under the 1969 African Refugee Convention (Refugees and the Right to Work, Dec. 2011) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

Making Our Way: Resettled Refugee and Asylee Youth in New York City (Women’s Refugee Commission, Dec. 2011) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

Participation and Employment: A Survey of Newly Arrived Migrants and Refugees in Melbourne (AMES, 2011) [text via BroCAP]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

Preventing Gender-Based Violence, Building Livelihoods: Guidance and Tools for Improved Programming (Women’s Refugee Commission, Dec. 2011) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

[ToC Alert] Journal of Refugee Studies Table of Contents for December 2011; Vol. 24, No. 4

Journal of Refugee Studies

The latest edition of the Journal of Refugee Studies – Volume 24 Number 4, (December 2011) – is no available on the Oxford Journals website. The table of contents is available from the link below:

• Table of Contents – http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol24/issue4/index.dtl

Articles from this volume include:

• Classical Diasporas of the Third Kind: The Hidden History of Christian Dispersion.  [Abstract].
• Human Agency and the Meaning of Informed Consent: Reflections on Research with Refugees. [Abstract].
• ‘People Look at Us, the Way We Dress, and They Think We’re Gangsters’: Bonds, Bridges, Gangs and Refugees: A Qualitative Study of Inter-Cultural Social Capital in Glasgow. [Abstract].
• Ambiguous Expectations and Reduced Confidence: Experience of Somali Refugees Encountering Swedish Health Care. [Abstract].

 

Journal of Refugee Studies

Journal of Refugee Studies

New issue of the Journal of Refugee Studies which is a Special Issue  on the topic of : Faith-Based Humanitarianism in Contexts of Forced Displacement: September 2011; Vol. 24, No. 3.

Table of Contents :

Introduction

Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh

Introduction: Faith-Based Humanitarianism in Contexts of Forced Displacement
Journal of Refugee Studies 2011 24: 429-439; doi:10.1093/jrs/fer033 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Articles

Philip Marfleet

Understanding ‘Sanctuary’: Faith and Traditions of Asylum
Journal of Refugee Studies Advance Access published on July 28, 2011
Journal of Refugee Studies 2011 24: 440-455; doi:10.1093/jrs/fer040 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alastair Ager and Joey Ager

Faith and the Discourse of Secular Humanitarianism
Journal of Refugee Studies Advance Access published on August 4, 2011
Journal of Refugee Studies 2011 24: 456-472; doi:10.1093/jrs/fer030 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nkwachukwu Orji

Faith-Based Aid to People Affected by Conflict in Jos, Nigeria: An Analysis of the Role of Christian and Muslim Organizations
Journal of Refugee Studies Advance Access published on July 28, 2011
Journal of Refugee Studies 2011 24: 473-492; doi:10.1093/jrs/fer034 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Damaris Seleina Parsitau

The Role of Faith and Faith-Based Organizations among Internally Displaced Persons in Kenya
Journal of Refugee Studies Advance Access published on July 28, 2011
Journal of Refugee Studies 2011 24: 493-512; doi:10.1093/jrs/fer035 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alexander Horstmann

Ethical Dilemmas and Identifications of Faith-Based Humanitarian Organizations in the Karen Refugee Crisis
Journal of Refugee Studies Advance Access published on July 30, 2011
Journal of Refugee Studies 2011 24: 513-532; doi:10.1093/jrs/fer031 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh

The Pragmatics of Performance: Putting ‘Faith’ in Aid in the Sahrawi Refugee Camps
Journal of Refugee Studies Advance Access published on July 18, 2011
Journal of Refugee Studies 2011 24: 533-547; doi:10.1093/jrs/fer027 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Erin Wilson

Much to be Proud of, Much to be Done: Faith-based Organizations and the Politics of Asylum in Australia
Journal of Refugee Studies Advance Access published on August 13, 2011
Journal of Refugee Studies 2011 24: 548-564; doi:10.1093/jrs/fer037 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Susanna Snyder

Un/settling Angels: Faith-Based Organizations and Asylum-Seeking in the UK
Journal of Refugee Studies Advance Access published on July 28, 2011
Journal of Refugee Studies 2011 24: 565-585; doi:10.1093/jrs/fer029 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jessica Eby, Erika Iverson, Jenifer Smyers, and Erol Kekic

The Faith Community’s Role in Refugee Resettlement in the United States
Journal of Refugee Studies Advance Access published on July 28, 2011
Journal of Refugee Studies 2011 24: 586-605; doi:10.1093/jrs/fer038 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Elizabeth Ferris

Faith and Humanitarianism: It’s Complicated
Journal of Refugee Studies Advance Access published on July 18, 2011
Journal of Refugee Studies 2011 24: 606-625; doi:10.1093/jrs/fer028 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Journal of Refugee Studies : Advance Access Articles

Journal of Refugee Studes Advance Access

The Journal of Refugee Studies has recently published the following advance access articles on their website, via Oxford Journals, at :  [Advance Access].     The articles include :

Understanding ‘Sanctuary’: Faith and Traditions of Asylum.  By Philip Marfleet.
From the Abstract,

`Sanctuary movements emerged in North America in the 1980s as a means of providing support, advocacy and protection for refugees and other vulnerable migrants. In recent years they have grown quickly in Europe, animated largely by faith activists who invoke moral principles associated with religious traditions. This article examines ancient and modern histories of sanctuary and the implications for understanding contemporary ideas about protection, refuge and asylum.’

The Role of Faith and Faith-Based Organizations among Internally Displaced Persons in Kenya.  By Damaris Seleina Parsitau
Link :  http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/07/27/jrs.fer035.short?rss=1

Faith-Based Aid to People Affected by Conflict in Jos, Nigeria: An Analysis of the Role of Christian and Muslim Organizations. By Nkwachukwu Orji
Link :  http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/07/27/jrs.fer034.short?rss=1

 

Un/settling Angels: Faith-Based Organizations and Asylum-Seeking in the UK .  By Susanna Snyder

Link :  http://jrs.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/07/27/jrs.fer029.short?rss=1