Unrwa And Palestinian Refugees

Author : Sari Hanafi,Leila Hilal,Lex Takkenberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134704224

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UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees by Sari Hanafi,Leila Hilal,Lex Takkenberg Pdf

Exploring the evolution of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), this book fills a lacuna in literature on the agency. UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees employs recent fieldwork in order to analyse challenges in programmes and service delivery, protection, camp governance, community participation, and camp improvement and reconstruction. The chapters examine the way UNRWA is adapting to a changing social, political and economic context, mostly within urban settings – a paradigmatic shift from understanding the Agency’s role as simply a provider of relief and services to one comprehensively supporting the human development of Palestinian refugees. Examining the refugee debate using new disciplines and research frameworks, this collection aims to emphasise the centrality of the Palestinian refugee issue for Middle East peace-making and to contribute a better understanding of a unique agency. This book will be a useful aid for students and researchers with an interest in Middle East Studies, Politics, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Author : Sari Hanafi,Leila Hilal,Lex Takkenberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134704293

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UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees by Sari Hanafi,Leila Hilal,Lex Takkenberg Pdf

Exploring the evolution of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), this book fills a lacuna in literature on the agency. UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees employs recent fieldwork in order to analyse challenges in programmes and service delivery, protection, camp governance, community participation, and camp improvement and reconstruction. The chapters examine the way UNRWA is adapting to a changing social, political and economic context, mostly within urban settings – a paradigmatic shift from understanding the Agency’s role as simply a provider of relief and services to one comprehensively supporting the human development of Palestinian refugees. Examining the refugee debate using new disciplines and research frameworks, this collection aims to emphasise the centrality of the Palestinian refugee issue for Middle East peace-making and to contribute a better understanding of a unique agency. This book will be a useful aid for students and researchers with an interest in Middle East Studies, Politics, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Author : Francesca P. Albanese,Lex Takkenberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191086786

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Palestinian Refugees in International Law by Francesca P. Albanese,Lex Takkenberg Pdf

The Palestinian refugee question, resulting from the events surrounding the birth of the state of Israel seventy years ago, remains one of the largest and most protracted refugee crises of the post-WWII era. Numbering over six million in the Middle East alone, Palestinian refugees' status varies considerably according to the state or territory 'hosting' them, the UN agency assisting them and political circumstances surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict these refugees are naturally associated with. Despite being foundational to both the experience of the Palestinian refugees and the resolution of their plight, international law is often side-lined in political discussions concerning their fate. This compelling new book, building on the seminal contribution of the first edition (1998), offers a clear and comprehensive analysis of various areas of international law (including refugee law, human rights law, humanitarian law, the law relating to stateless persons, principles related to internally displaced persons, as well as notions of international criminal law), and probes their relevance to the provision of international protection for Palestinian refugees and their quest for durable solutions.

Author : Edward Henry Buehrig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034919196

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The UN and the Palestinian Refugees by Edward Henry Buehrig Pdf

This book, originally published in 1971, traces the history of how the Palestinian refugees became a UN charge and the status and subsequent activities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) until 1971. The author begins with the activities of the Conciliation Commission, established by the General Assembly in 1948, and its attempts to solve the refugee problem through repatriation, compensation and resettlement. Professor Buering then examines the constitutional origins of UNRWA and compares these origins with certain other UN bodies constituted under Article 22 of the United Nations Charter in terms of structure, policy determination and mode of operation. In his analysis of how UNRWA adapted to local circumstances, the author analyzes corporate and staff immunity from territorial authority to show UNRWA's struggle to keep clear of the fiscal regulations of individual governments and to maintain effective control over personnel. The study also focuses on the Agency's programs in economic rehabilitation, relief and health, and education. The last chapter deals with UNRWA's budgetary procedures and relations with contributing governments. Appendices include a Proposal, Resolution and Convention relating to the Agency and its activities.

Author : Benjamin N. Schiff
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1995-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0815625898

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Refugees unto the Third Generation by Benjamin N. Schiff Pdf

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency was originally established in 1950 as a temporary, nonpolitical response to the Palestinian refugee crisis. The forty-four-year-old agency has become a fixture in the drama of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Designed to solve refugee problems through massive Jordan Valley water development projects, today UNRWA runs schools, health clinics for millions, and relief programs for the poorest refugees in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. As Benjamin Schiff shows, the agency is trapped in a political cauldron. Clients suspect it of being an agent of Western imperialism. Host states seek to control it. In the Israeli occupied territories it is squeezed between authorities striving to quell riotous refugees and Palestinians seeking shelter from the occupation's brutalities. Pro-Palestinian critics charge that the agency helps lull refugees into quiescence, while pro-Israeli critics assail it for perpetuating refugee intransigence. The fascinating evolution of this agency amidst the regional tumult is Schiff's story in Refugees unto the Third Generation. His book reflects upon lessons applicable to many other international organizations caught up in similar circumstances, as well as on the role of the UN in such situations.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Near East
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Government publications
ISBN : LOC:00186249069

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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on the Near East Pdf

Author : Alex Takkenberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Law
ISBN : 0198265905

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The Status of Palestinian Refugees in International Law by Alex Takkenberg Pdf

7. Scope of the study

Author : Robert Bowker
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Arab-Israeli conflict
ISBN : 1588262022

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Palestinian Refugees by Robert Bowker Pdf

Encompassing history, politics, and political culture, Bowker grapples with fundamental issues of Palestinian identity in the context of the peace process.

Author : Nell Gabiam
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253021526

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The Politics of Suffering by Nell Gabiam Pdf

With a focus on the residents of three refugee camps, “Gabiam’s nuanced study of Syria’s Palestinian community is an engaging and informative read” (Journal of Palestine Studies). The Politics of Suffering examines the confluence of international aid, humanitarian relief, and economic development within the space of the Palestinian refugee camp. Nell Gabiam describes the interactions between UNRWA, the United Nations agency charged with providing assistance to Palestinians since the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, and residents of three camps in Syria. Over time, UNRWA’s management of the camps reveals a shift from an emphasis on humanitarian aid to promotion of self-sufficiency and integration of refugees within their host society. Gabiam’s analysis captures two forces in tension within the camps: politics of suffering that serves to keep alive the discourse around the Palestinian right of return; and politics of citizenship expressed through development projects that seek to close the divide between the camp and the city. Gabiam also offers compelling insights into the plight of Palestinians before and during the Syrian war, which has led to devastation in the camps and massive displacement of their populations.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Refugees, Arab
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045336786

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United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations Pdf

Author : Anne Irfan
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231554749

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Refuge and Resistance by Anne Irfan Pdf

In the decades after World War II, the United Nations established a global refugee regime that became central to the lives of displaced people around the world. This regime has exerted particular authority over Palestinian refugees, who are served by a specialized UN body, the Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Formed shortly after the 1948 war, UNRWA continues to provide quasi-state services such as education and health care to Palestinian refugee communities in the Middle East today. This book is a groundbreaking international history of Palestinian refugee politics. Anne Irfan traces the history and politics of UNRWA’s interactions with Palestinian communities, particularly in the refugee camps where it functioned as a surrogate state. She shows how Palestinian refugees invoked internationalist norms to demand their political rights while resisting the UN’s categorization of their plight as an apolitical humanitarian issue. Refuge and Resistance foregrounds how nonelite activism shaped the Palestinian campaign for international recognition, showing that engagement with world politics was driven as much by the refugee grass roots as by the upper echelons of the Palestine Liberation Organization. It demonstrates that refugee groups are important actors in global politics, not simply aid recipients. Recasting modern Palestinian history through the lens of refugee camps and communities, Refuge and Resistance offers vital new perspectives for understanding politics beyond the nation-state.

Author : Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh,Gil Loescher,Katy Long,Nando Sigona
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191645877

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The Oxford Handbook of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies by Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh,Gil Loescher,Katy Long,Nando Sigona Pdf

Refugee and Forced Migration Studies has grown from being a concern of a relatively small number of scholars and policy researchers in the 1980s to a global field of interest with thousands of students worldwide studying displacement either from traditional disciplinary perspectives or as a core component of newer programmes across the Humanities and Social and Political Sciences. Today the field encompasses both rigorous academic research which may or may not ultimately inform policy and practice, as well as action-research focused on advocating in favour of refugees' needs and rights. This authoritative Handbook critically evaluates the birth and development of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, and analyses the key contemporary and future challenges faced by academics and practitioners working with and for forcibly displaced populations around the world. The 52 state-of-the-art chapters, written by leading academics, practitioners, and policymakers working in universities, research centres, think tanks, NGOs and international organizations, provide a comprehensive and cutting-edge overview of the key intellectual, political, social and institutional challenges arising from mass displacement in the world today. The chapters vividly illustrate the vibrant and engaging debates that characterize this rapidly expanding field of research and practice.

Author : United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119328883

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UNRWA 1966 and the Palestine Refugees by United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Pdf

Author : Husein Abdul-Hamid,Harry Patrinos,Joel Reyes,Jo Kelcey,Andrea Diaz Varela
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781464807077

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Learning in the Face of Adversity by Husein Abdul-Hamid,Harry Patrinos,Joel Reyes,Jo Kelcey,Andrea Diaz Varela Pdf

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) operates one of the largest nongovernmental school systems in the Middle East. Palestine refugees in UNRWA schools are achieving higher-than-average learning outcomes in spite of the adverse circumstances they live under. This study uses a mixed methods research approach to address the complexity of the research question and its exploratory nature, namely, How do UNRWA schools continually and consistently outperform public schools? This study used the following data collection techniques: econometric techniques to analyze learning achievement data from international and national assessments; the Systems Approach for Better Education Results tools were used to assess different system components, such as teacher effectiveness, school autonomy, and student assessments; Stallings classroom observations provided a structured method to compare teachers' and students' interactions; qualitative data collected through interviews captured the lived experiences of a sample of students. Contrary to what might be expected from a resource-constrained administration serving refugee students who continually face a multitude of adversities, UNRWA students outperform public schools in the three regions-- West Bank and Gaza and Jordan-- by a year's worth of learning. The achievement is a result of the way these schools recruit, prepare, and support teachers; because of instructional practices and pedagogy in the classroom; and because of school leadership, accountability, and mutual support. This has created a distinguished learning community centered on the student. Of note: • UNRWA selects, prepares, and supports its education staff to pursue high learning outcomes. • Time-on-task is high in UNRWA schools, and is used more effectively than in public schools.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1901924629

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UNRWA at 70 by Anonim Pdf