The UNHCR and Disaster Displacement in the 21st Century An Organizational Analysis

This book offers an in-depth case study on the leading international refugee agency, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and its approach to environmentally displaced persons. The author examines the UNHCR on the basis of expert interviews and content analysis in order to high...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hantscher, Sinja
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2019, 2019
Edition:1st ed. 2019
Series:Contributions to Political Science
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Disaster Displacement
  • Environmental Changes and the Competing Perspectives on Environmentally Displaced Persons
  • Theoretical Background: Organizational Theories and the Research on International Organizations
  • Research Design: Operationalizing Security Theory and Organizational Theory
  • The UNHCR and Environmentally Displaced Persons
  • Conclusion: Putting the UNHCR's EDP-Approach into Context.