Losing Place: Refugee Populations and Rural Transformations in East Africa

Losing Place: Refugee Populations and Rural Transformations in East Africa

Johnathan Bascom
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Author:  Johnathan Bascom
Condition:  New
Format:  Hardback
Pages:  224
Publisher:  Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Year:  1999
ISBN:  9781571810830

Refugee flight, settlement, and repatriation are not static, self-contained, or singular events. Instead, they are three stages of an ongoing process made and mirrored in the lives of real people. For that reason, there is an evident need for historical and longitudinal studies of refugee populations that rise above description and trace the process of social transformation during the "full circle" of flight resettlement, and return home. This book probes the economic forces and social processes responsible for shaping the everyday existence for refugees as they move through exile.

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