Elizabeth Ferris
Biographic Data
| ID | 3700944 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Ferris |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferris |
| SIGNATURE | FERRIS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brookings Institution |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8960-6823 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 127 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Durable Displacement and the Protracted Search for Solutions: Promising Programs and Strategies
In March 2022, the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) released a request for papers (RFP) for a special issue of its Journal on Migration and Human Security (JMHS), devoted to identifying solutions to situations of protracted displacement. The co-editors selected 10 papers for this special issue by authors from a dozen countries, including two refugees. The papers cover several large populations in protracted displacement, as well as …
Promoting Human Security: Planned Relocation as a Protection Tool in a Time of Climate Change
Executive Summary In light of the science and evidence on hazards and climate risk, and the scale and breadth of large-scale disasters witnessed around the world, it is time for states and other actors to begin developing national and local frameworks on planned relocation. While planned relocations have had a poor record in terms of their socioeconomic effects, it is precisely for these reasons that proactive action is necessary. Planned relocat…
Research on climate change and migration where are we and where are we going
Today the issue of climate change-induced mobility—whether displacement, migration, or relocation—is receiving increased interest from policy-makers, academics, and the general public. Many are turning to the academic community for answers to basic questions (how many people are expected to move? when? where?) and for directions for future policies (what measures can support people to remain in their communities? If people have to move, how can t…
Refugee Integration in Canada, Europe, and the United States: Perspectives from Research
As the number of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers have grown worldwide, intense debate has emerged about how long and how well they integrate into host countries. Although integration is a complex process, realized differently by different groups at different times, most prior studies capture, at best, disparate parts of the process. Overcoming this limitation is a tall task because it requires data and research that capture how integration…
Making Sense of Public Policy on Refugee Integration
While immigrant integration is increasingly important for policy-makers, governments of countries approach the challenge of integration differently. In this article, I frame the issue of migrant/refugee integration in the larger context of political debates and policies about the entry of refugees and migrants. I then go on to analytic comparison of refugee integration policies in eleven developed countries, focusing on the interrelated domains o…
Refugees, Migration and Global Governance: Negotiating the Global Compacts
As debates about migrants and refugees reverberate around the world, this book offers an important first-hand account of how migration is being approached at the highest levels of international governance. Whereas refugees have long been protected by international law, migrants have been treated differently, with no international consensus definition and no one international migration system. This all changed in September 2016, when the 193 membe…
The Global Compacts on Refugees and for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: Introduction to the Special Issue
In December 2018, the UN General Assembly adopted two Global Compacts: The Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM). These two compacts, while non‐binding and aspirational in nature, offer the first widely‐accepted new normative frameworks on the movement of people since the ratification of the 1951 refugee convention and its 1967 protocol. This special issue of International Migration …
Soft law, migration and climate change governance
This article explores alternative ways that legal and normative frameworks can be used to uphold the rights of those who are displaced internally or across borders in the context of anthropogenic climate change. In particular, we argue that more efforts should be focused on developing soft law rather than trying to fit those displaced because of the effects of climate change into existing legal frameworks. The present hard law system governing th…
US Leadership and the International Refugee Regime
This article examines the role of the United States in the international refugee regime. It argues that the United States generally leads in assistance and protection of refugees and displaced persons when three conditions are present: a strong link to US foreign policy; clear and highly visible humanitarian needs and important domestic constituencies in support of action; and strong congressional support. The United States manifests its leadersh…
International Responsibility, Protection and Displacement: Exploring the Connections between r2p, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
The emergence of the Responsibility to Protect ( r2p ) doctrine is part of a universal longing to prevent atrocities and to protect those affected by them. While its origins are quite distinct from international humanitarian principles, its links with humanitarian issues are clear. In fact, r2p emerged in response to humanitarian tragedies. This article traces the intersection of r2p and protection frameworks for refugees and internally displaced…
The Responsibility to Protect: The Promise of Stopping Mass Atrocities in our Time. Edited by Jared Genser and Irwin Cotler
Journal Article The Responsibility to Protect: The Promise of Stopping Mass Atrocities in our Time. Edited by Jared Genser and Irwin Cotler. Get access The Responsibility to Protect: The Promise of Stopping Mass Atrocities in our Time. Edited by Jared Genser and Irwin Cotler. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Xxvi + 412 pages. US$85.00. ISBN 978 0 19 979776 9. Elizabeth Ferris Elizabeth Ferris Brookings Institution, Washington D…
On Partnerships, Power and Policy in Researching Displacement
Protecting people in cities: The disturbing case of Haiti
Humanitarian actors have sought increasingly not only to assist people affected by natural disasters but also to protect them. This paper examines the efforts of international humanitarian actors to protect Haitians affected by the devastating earthquake of 12 January 2010. It begins with an analysis of the particular difficulties of conceptualising and operationalising protection in an urban environment and traces the efforts of international ac…
Megatrends and the future of humanitarian action
This article assesses the implications of six megatrends for humanitarian action in the future, including changes in demography, technology and science, economics, political power, climate, and patterns of conflict. The interaction of these trends suggests a particularly complex landscape for future humanitarian response. For example, conflict in the future is more likely to take place in cities that are growing as a result of economic and enviro…
The Illusory “Level Playing Field”
Internal Displacement and the Right to Seek Asylum
This article examines the relationship between the right to seek asylum and internal displacement by considering the relationship between internal and external displacement; the impact of closed borders on internal displacement; refugee returns and internal displacement; the internal flight alternative and its implications for asylum-seekers; and the role of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in both upholding asylum and increa…
Abuse of Power: Sexual Exploitation of Refugee Women and Girls
Faith-based and secular humanitarian organizations
This article examines the role of faith-based organizations, particularly Christian organizations, in humanitarian assistance within the broader context of the NGO world. Following an overview of the historical development of these organizations, the article examines the current context in which faith-based and secular humanitarian organizations operate. The different roles played by these organizations are explored, as are some of the difficulti…
Building Hospitable Communities
Receiving communities play a critical role in determining whether refugees and other migrants will become full participating members of their host societies or whether they will remain on the margins. This paper reviews global trends which impact the receptivity of communities to refugees and migrants, including the growing public debate on migration, increasingly restrictive governmental policies, xenophobia and racism, public confusion, and inc…
Peace, Security, and the Movement of People
Western governments are increasingly seeing the issues of refugees and migrants in terms of national security. This article surveys the changing paradigms used to understand and respond to forced migration, including humanitarian/emergency approaches, foreign policy, human rights, development, and the emerging national security paradigm. The article explains some of the reasons for the emergence of this security paradigm and outlines the security…
The Central American Refugees
The Central American Refugees
The Central American Refugees
Interests, Influence, and Inter-American Relations
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The Civil Wars in Chile (or the Bourgeois Revolutions that Never Were). Maurice Zeitlin
Refugee Integration in Canada, Europe, and the United States: Perspectives from Research
As the number of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers have grown worldwide, intense debate has emerged about how long and how well they integrate into host countries. Although integration is a complex process, realized differently by different groups at different times, most prior studies capture, at best, disparate parts of the process. Overcoming this limitation is a tall task because it requires data and research that capture how integration…
Faith-based and secular humanitarian organizations
This article examines the role of faith-based organizations, particularly Christian organizations, in humanitarian assistance within the broader context of the NGO world. Following an overview of the historical development of these organizations, the article examines the current context in which faith-based and secular humanitarian organizations operate. The different roles played by these organizations are explored, as are some of the difficulti…
Research on climate change and migration where are we and where are we going
Today the issue of climate change-induced mobility—whether displacement, migration, or relocation—is receiving increased interest from policy-makers, academics, and the general public. Many are turning to the academic community for answers to basic questions (how many people are expected to move? when? where?) and for directions for future policies (what measures can support people to remain in their communities? If people have to move, how can t…
Abuse of Power: Sexual Exploitation of Refugee Women and Girls
The Global Compacts on Refugees and for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: Introduction to the Special Issue
In December 2018, the UN General Assembly adopted two Global Compacts: The Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM). These two compacts, while non‐binding and aspirational in nature, offer the first widely‐accepted new normative frameworks on the movement of people since the ratification of the 1951 refugee convention and its 1967 protocol. This special issue of International Migration …
Making Sense of Public Policy on Refugee Integration
While immigrant integration is increasingly important for policy-makers, governments of countries approach the challenge of integration differently. In this article, I frame the issue of migrant/refugee integration in the larger context of political debates and policies about the entry of refugees and migrants. I then go on to analytic comparison of refugee integration policies in eleven developed countries, focusing on the interrelated domains o…
Durable Displacement and the Protracted Search for Solutions: Promising Programs and Strategies
In March 2022, the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) released a request for papers (RFP) for a special issue of its Journal on Migration and Human Security (JMHS), devoted to identifying solutions to situations of protracted displacement. The co-editors selected 10 papers for this special issue by authors from a dozen countries, including two refugees. The papers cover several large populations in protracted displacement, as well as …
Promoting Human Security: Planned Relocation as a Protection Tool in a Time of Climate Change
Executive Summary In light of the science and evidence on hazards and climate risk, and the scale and breadth of large-scale disasters witnessed around the world, it is time for states and other actors to begin developing national and local frameworks on planned relocation. While planned relocations have had a poor record in terms of their socioeconomic effects, it is precisely for these reasons that proactive action is necessary. Planned relocat…
Protecting people in cities: The disturbing case of Haiti
Humanitarian actors have sought increasingly not only to assist people affected by natural disasters but also to protect them. This paper examines the efforts of international humanitarian actors to protect Haitians affected by the devastating earthquake of 12 January 2010. It begins with an analysis of the particular difficulties of conceptualising and operationalising protection in an urban environment and traces the efforts of international ac…
The Politics of Asylum: Mexico and the Central American Refugees
The violence in Central America has displaced an unprecedented number of people in the area. While the majority of the approximately two million displaced individuals remain within their native countries, hundreds of thousands have fled to neighboring countries and to the U.S. where they create serious economic and political problems for the host governments. This article explores Mexico's policies toward the estimated 250,000 Central Americans w…
National political support for regional integration: The Andean Pact
Little work has been done—on either a conceptual or an empirical level—in assessing the way in which national political support operates in the context of the regional integration scheme. The purpose of this study is to describe and explain patterns of national support for one regional integration scheme, the Andean Pact. It is suggested here that foreign policy behavior toward a regional integration scheme is not a simple, unidimensional type of…
Soft law, migration and climate change governance
This article explores alternative ways that legal and normative frameworks can be used to uphold the rights of those who are displaced internally or across borders in the context of anthropogenic climate change. In particular, we argue that more efforts should be focused on developing soft law rather than trying to fit those displaced because of the effects of climate change into existing legal frameworks. The present hard law system governing th…
Megatrends and the future of humanitarian action
This article assesses the implications of six megatrends for humanitarian action in the future, including changes in demography, technology and science, economics, political power, climate, and patterns of conflict. The interaction of these trends suggests a particularly complex landscape for future humanitarian response. For example, conflict in the future is more likely to take place in cities that are growing as a result of economic and enviro…
The Andean Pact and the Amazon Treaty: Reflections of Changing Latin American Relations
The pattern of Latin American regional cooperation has changed greatly during the past five years. New organizations, such as SELA (Latin American Economic System) and OLADE (Latin American Energy Organization), have been formed, while other groups, such as CACM (Central American Common Market), have become moribund. These changes in regional organizations are primarily the result of changes occurring in the developmental orientations and governm…
The Andean Pact: A Selected Bibliography
The creation of the Andean Pact in 1968 was accompanied by a chorus of enthusiastic official pronouncements and renewed scholarly interest in Latin American integration. In ensuing years, each new accomplishment and each new crisis in the Andean Pact has brought waves of official commentary and academic analyses
US Leadership and the International Refugee Regime
This article examines the role of the United States in the international refugee regime. It argues that the United States generally leads in assistance and protection of refugees and displaced persons when three conditions are present: a strong link to US foreign policy; clear and highly visible humanitarian needs and important domestic constituencies in support of action; and strong congressional support. The United States manifests its leadersh…
International Responsibility, Protection and Displacement: Exploring the Connections between r2p, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
The emergence of the Responsibility to Protect ( r2p ) doctrine is part of a universal longing to prevent atrocities and to protect those affected by them. While its origins are quite distinct from international humanitarian principles, its links with humanitarian issues are clear. In fact, r2p emerged in response to humanitarian tragedies. This article traces the intersection of r2p and protection frameworks for refugees and internally displaced…
On Partnerships, Power and Policy in Researching Displacement
Internal Displacement and the Right to Seek Asylum
This article examines the relationship between the right to seek asylum and internal displacement by considering the relationship between internal and external displacement; the impact of closed borders on internal displacement; refugee returns and internal displacement; the internal flight alternative and its implications for asylum-seekers; and the role of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in both upholding asylum and increa…
The Andean Pact: A Selected Bibliography
The creation of the Andean Pact in 1968 was accompanied by a chorus of enthusiastic official pronouncements and renewed scholarly interest in Latin American integration. In ensuing years, each new accomplishment and each new crisis in the Andean Pact has brought waves of official commentary and academic analyses
National political support for regional integration: The Andean Pact
Little work has been done—on either a conceptual or an empirical level—in assessing the way in which national political support operates in the context of the regional integration scheme. The purpose of this study is to describe and explain patterns of national support for one regional integration scheme, the Andean Pact. It is suggested here that foreign policy behavior toward a regional integration scheme is not a simple, unidimensional type of…
Sex differences in athletic potential
Attention is drawn to fresh data available on female sporting performance and the narrowing gap between male and female performance in many sports. The author discusses attempts made to compare athletic potential in males and females and postulates the existence of a factor called athletic predisposition. The differences in performance amongst males and females possessing this factor are much smaller than in the population at large.
The Andean Pact and the Amazon Treaty: Reflections of Changing Latin American Relations
The pattern of Latin American regional cooperation has changed greatly during the past five years. New organizations, such as SELA (Latin American Economic System) and OLADE (Latin American Energy Organization), have been formed, while other groups, such as CACM (Central American Common Market), have become moribund. These changes in regional organizations are primarily the result of changes occurring in the developmental orientations and governm…
Latin American Foreign Policies: Global and Regional Dimensions
The Individual and the Change Process in Social Action
The Politics of Asylum: Mexico and the Central American Refugees
The violence in Central America has displaced an unprecedented number of people in the area. While the majority of the approximately two million displaced individuals remain within their native countries, hundreds of thousands have fled to neighboring countries and to the U.S. where they create serious economic and political problems for the host governments. This article explores Mexico's policies toward the estimated 250,000 Central Americans w…
The Civil Wars in Chile (or the Bourgeois Revolutions that Never Were). Maurice Zeitlin
Interests, Influence, and Inter-American Relations
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
The Central American Refugees
The Central American Refugees
The Central American Refugees
Peace, Security, and the Movement of People
Western governments are increasingly seeing the issues of refugees and migrants in terms of national security. This article surveys the changing paradigms used to understand and respond to forced migration, including humanitarian/emergency approaches, foreign policy, human rights, development, and the emerging national security paradigm. The article explains some of the reasons for the emergence of this security paradigm and outlines the security…
Building Hospitable Communities
Receiving communities play a critical role in determining whether refugees and other migrants will become full participating members of their host societies or whether they will remain on the margins. This paper reviews global trends which impact the receptivity of communities to refugees and migrants, including the growing public debate on migration, increasingly restrictive governmental policies, xenophobia and racism, public confusion, and inc…
Faith-based and secular humanitarian organizations
This article examines the role of faith-based organizations, particularly Christian organizations, in humanitarian assistance within the broader context of the NGO world. Following an overview of the historical development of these organizations, the article examines the current context in which faith-based and secular humanitarian organizations operate. The different roles played by these organizations are explored, as are some of the difficulti…
Abuse of Power: Sexual Exploitation of Refugee Women and Girls
Internal Displacement and the Right to Seek Asylum
This article examines the relationship between the right to seek asylum and internal displacement by considering the relationship between internal and external displacement; the impact of closed borders on internal displacement; refugee returns and internal displacement; the internal flight alternative and its implications for asylum-seekers; and the role of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in both upholding asylum and increa…
The Illusory “Level Playing Field”
Megatrends and the future of humanitarian action
This article assesses the implications of six megatrends for humanitarian action in the future, including changes in demography, technology and science, economics, political power, climate, and patterns of conflict. The interaction of these trends suggests a particularly complex landscape for future humanitarian response. For example, conflict in the future is more likely to take place in cities that are growing as a result of economic and enviro…
The Responsibility to Protect: The Promise of Stopping Mass Atrocities in our Time. Edited by Jared Genser and Irwin Cotler
Journal Article The Responsibility to Protect: The Promise of Stopping Mass Atrocities in our Time. Edited by Jared Genser and Irwin Cotler. Get access The Responsibility to Protect: The Promise of Stopping Mass Atrocities in our Time. Edited by Jared Genser and Irwin Cotler. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Xxvi + 412 pages. US$85.00. ISBN 978 0 19 979776 9. Elizabeth Ferris Elizabeth Ferris Brookings Institution, Washington D…
On Partnerships, Power and Policy in Researching Displacement
Protecting people in cities: The disturbing case of Haiti
Humanitarian actors have sought increasingly not only to assist people affected by natural disasters but also to protect them. This paper examines the efforts of international humanitarian actors to protect Haitians affected by the devastating earthquake of 12 January 2010. It begins with an analysis of the particular difficulties of conceptualising and operationalising protection in an urban environment and traces the efforts of international ac…
International Responsibility, Protection and Displacement: Exploring the Connections between r2p, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons
The emergence of the Responsibility to Protect ( r2p ) doctrine is part of a universal longing to prevent atrocities and to protect those affected by them. While its origins are quite distinct from international humanitarian principles, its links with humanitarian issues are clear. In fact, r2p emerged in response to humanitarian tragedies. This article traces the intersection of r2p and protection frameworks for refugees and internally displaced…
Soft law, migration and climate change governance
This article explores alternative ways that legal and normative frameworks can be used to uphold the rights of those who are displaced internally or across borders in the context of anthropogenic climate change. In particular, we argue that more efforts should be focused on developing soft law rather than trying to fit those displaced because of the effects of climate change into existing legal frameworks. The present hard law system governing th…
US Leadership and the International Refugee Regime
This article examines the role of the United States in the international refugee regime. It argues that the United States generally leads in assistance and protection of refugees and displaced persons when three conditions are present: a strong link to US foreign policy; clear and highly visible humanitarian needs and important domestic constituencies in support of action; and strong congressional support. The United States manifests its leadersh…
Political science (29 works) · Law (21 works) · Sociology (20 works) · Law (16 works) · Refugee (16 works) · Politics (13 works) · Geography (11 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (9 works) · Development economics (8 works) · Economics (8 works)