Internal Displacement

Many of the regular readers of the Journal of Refugee Studies are familiar with the concept of internal displacement, how it is manifested around the world and what the international community has, or has not, done to protect and assist the internally displaced. Many readers are also undoubtedly familiar with the content of the mandate of the Representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons and of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. But fewer readers will be aware of how the concept of internal displacement emerged, how it evolved over the years, and what the impact of this particular development has been on the work of the UN and on the actual situation of the internally displaced. Weiss and Korn's book tells precisely this story. It is an important book not only for scholars, activists and agency staff, who want to know the background to the involvement of the international community with the internally displaced, but also for anyone interested in international relations theory, studying the different ways in which international concepts, laws and institutions develop

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