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Kurdish Diasporas

A Comparative Study of Kurdish Refugee Communities

  • Östen Wahlbeck
Book

Part of the Migration, Minorities and Citizenship book series (MDC)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction
    Östen Wahlbeck
    Pages 1-7
  3. Inclusion and Exclusion of Refugees: Rethinking Concepts and Theories
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    Pages 8-38
  4. Politics and Forced Migration in Kurdistan
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    Pages 39-63
  5. Resettlement Policies: Two Different Models
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    Pages 64-87
  6. Towards a Wider Understanding of the Refugee Experience
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    Pages 88-122
  7. The Process of Integration
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    Pages 123-151
  8. Kurdish Associations: Community Work and Diasporic Politics
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    Pages 152-178
  9. Conclusions
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    Pages 179-190
  10. Back Matter
    Pages 191-219
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About this book

Introduction

In this important theoretical contribution to the area of refugee studies based on ethnographic field work among Kurdish refugees, the author has uniquely combined empirical evidence and contemporary sociological theories of diasporas and transnationalism. The book provides essential reading for anybody looking for a comprehensive view of refugee resettlement issues and it will be of special interest to anybody concerned with the topical Kurdish question.

Keywords

community inclusion integration migration nationalism politics sociology work

Authors and affiliations

  • Östen Wahlbeck
    • 1
  1. 1.Åbo Akademi University and Institute of MigrationTurkuFinland

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