Jennifer Hyndman, Wenona Giles Routledge, Oct 4, 2016 This book demonstrates that refugees across the global live in ‘protracted’ conditions that extend from years to decades, without legal status that allows them to work and establish a home. This is less a failure of the international refugee regime than extended exile by design. Shifting the […]
Books
Dual Disasters: Humanitarian Aid After the 2004 Tsunami
Jennifer Hyndman Kumarian Press, 2011 The 2004 tsunami was massive in every respect: the earthquake that preceded it was one of the largest ever recorded, the number of people killed or displaced is estimated at well over a million, and the international community donated billions of dollars to the relief effort. In some cases the […]
Sites of Violence: Gender and Conflict Zones
Wenona Mary Giles, Jennifer Hyndman University of California Press, 2004 - Science Insightfully and lucidly maps the gendered contours of militarized conflict, from war zones to refugee camps, and across continents as diverse as Africa, South Asia, Central America and Europe. This exciting book provides a variety of incisive feminist critiques of ethnic-nationalism, disputes over […]
Managing Displacement: Refugees and the Politics of Humanitarianism
Jennifer Hyndman University of Minnesota Press, Mar 21, 2000 In this analysis of how refugee relief services work in places such as Kenya and Somalia, Hyndman uses unique insider knowledge both to challenge the political and cultural assumptions of current humanitarian practices and to expose the distancing strategies that characterize present operations.
