International Political Theory and the Refugee Problem - 9780367372699

Taylor & Francis

International Political Theory and the Refugee ProblemAuthor(s): Natasha Saunders\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367372699, 978-0367372699\nSynopsis\nThe refugee problem is a term that it has become almost impossible to escape. Although used by a wide range of actors involved in work related to forced migration, these actors do not often explain what exactly the problem is that they are working to solve, leading to an unfortunate conflation of two quite different problems: the problems that refugees face and the problems that refugees pose.\n\nBeginning from the simple, yet too often overlooked, observation that how one conceives of solving a problem is inseparable from what one understands that problem to be, Saunders study explores the questions raised about how to address the refugee problem if we recognise that there may not be just one problem, and that not all actors involved with the refugee regime conc.