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In and beyond the camp: The rise of resilience in refugee governance

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Oliver, Marcia, Boyle, Philip·2020·Oñati Socio-Legal Series
DOI 10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1050
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This paper analyzes recent changes in the policies and practices through which displaced populations are governed by humanitarian and state actors. In particular, we examine how the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is increasingly operationalizing its protection mandate by linking the more longstanding logic of self-reliance with the newer idea of resilience, itself composed of both micro (individual) and macro (societal and particularly urban) strands. Using Uganda as a site of analysis, we suggest that the linking of the more entrenched concept of self-reliance with resilience is another step forward in the entwining of UNHCR’s traditional humanitarian mandate with the developmental goals promoted by other global aid organizations. Resilience emerges in this context as a policy ideal that brings together disparate strands of operational aspirations into one multifaceted objective to govern refugees both within and beyond the camp/settlement structure.

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Authors
Oliver, M., & Boyle, P.
Affiliations
  • Wilfrid Laurier University (CA)
  • University of Waterloo (CA)
ORCID
Venue
Oñati Socio-Legal Series
Publisher
Onati International Institute for the Sociology of Law
Published
2020-12-01
Volume
10
Issue
6
Pages
1107-1132
ISSN
2079-5971 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1050
OpenAlex
W2952321962
Cited by
12
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en
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  • Oñati Socio-legal Series (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Law › Migration, Racism, and Human Rights
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Exile Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Keywords
refugee camps, UNHCR, refugee self-reliance, resilience, refugee governance, development aid, refugee settlement, Uganda, refugee policy

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