Statehood and Refugees

Patterns of Integration and Segregation of Refugee Populations in Lebanon from a Comparative Perspective

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6160891
AutoresFilippo Dionigi (0000-0001-8619-9177, London School of Economics and Political Science, autor correspondente)
Ano2017
Volume9
Fascículo2
Páginas113-146
Data de publicação2017-04-07
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMiddle East Law and Governance (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1876-3367 • E-ISSN: 1876-3375
EditoraBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/18763375-00902001
OpenAlexW2604319679
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5

Scholarly debate has persuasively highlighted the inherent tension between refugees and the modern state. Yet, how do state-refugee relations unfold in practice when considering the historical and social specificity of a single state? Is there a heuristic value in going beyond the premises of a general state-refugee binary and adopt a state-specific approach? These questions are addressed through an analysis based on the modelling of statehood in Lebanon and comparing five cases of refugee-state relations in this country. This method allows explaining the variation in degrees of segregation or integration of refugees and shows that the mode of politicization of refugees is the key factor in understanding this variation. Not all refugees and not all states are the same; the variance of state-refugee relations is best explained from a perspective that considers the historically situated nature of statehood

Development economics · Economics · Perspective (graphical · Political economy · Political science · Refugee · Situated · Sociology · State (computer science · Computer Science · International Development and Aid · International Human Rights and Reproductive Law · Law · Mathematics · Middle East Politics and Society