The refugee challenge in post-Cold War America
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The refugee challenge in post-Cold War America
Oxford University Press, 2020, c2017
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"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2020"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-316) and index
Originally published: 2017
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Description
For over forty years, Cold War concerns about the threat of communism shaped the contours of refugee and asylum policy in the United States, and the majority of those admitted as refugees came from communist countries. In the post-Cold War period, a wider range of geopolitical and domestic interests influence which populations policymakers prioritize for admission.
The Refugee Challenge in Post-Cold War America examines the actors and interests that have shaped refugee and asylum policy since 1989. Policymakers are now considering a wider range of populations as potentially eligible for protection: victims of civil unrest, genocide, trafficking, environmental upheaval, and gender-based discrimination, among others. Many of those granted protected status since 1989 would never have been considered for admission during the Cold War.
Among the challenges of the post-Cold War era are the growing number of asylum seekers who have petitioned for protection at a port of entry and are backlogging the immigration courts. Concerns over national security have also resulted in deterrence policies that have raised important questions about the rights of refugees and the duties of nations. Maria Cristina Garcia evaluates the challenges of reconciling international humanitarian obligations with domestic concerns for national
security.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter One: Now that the Cold War is over, who is a refugee?
Chapter Two: US Refugee Policy in the 'Age of Genocide'
Chapter Three: Refuge in the National Security State
Chapter Four: The New Asylum Seekers
Epilogue
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