The 1951 refugee convention from a welfare-state perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12255484 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frida Boräng (0000-0002-6164-5334, University of Gothenburg), Sara Kalm (0000-0002-9315-3326, Lund University), Johannes Lindvall (0000-0002-1765-9288, University of Gothenburg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of European Social Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0958-9287 • E-ISSN: 1461-7269 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/09589287251400066 |
| OpenAlex | W4417012218 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 21 |
This paper studies how national welfare-state institutions influenced the positions states took on the social rights of refugees during the negotiation, adoption, and ratification of the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Through an analysis of the drafting process and the reservations and interpretative declarations states issued when rat-ifying the Convention, the paper demonstrates that concerns about national welfare-state institutions shaped the commitments states made. Earlier scholarship on the origins of the refugee regime has focused on international relations, diplomatic history, and law and largely neglected the role of welfare-state institutions
Convention · Human rights · International law · Perspective (graphical · Ratification · Refugee · Scholarship · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |