Should I Stay or Should I go? National Identity and Attitudes Towards Local Integration Among Liberian Refugees in Ghana

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ID12333376
AutoresJohn Byrne (0000-0001-5626-0950, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume32
Fascículo1
Páginas50-73
Data de publicação2013-02-11
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoRefugee Survey Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1020-4067 • E-ISSN: 1471-695X
EditoraOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/rsq/hds020
OpenAlexW2314576508
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5

In the summer of 2009, focus groups and interviews were conducted with Liberian refugees living in the Buduburam Refugee Camp, Ghana. The purpose of this study was to learn about the national identity of individuals in protracted refugee situations, and how this influences attitudes towards durable solutions. Using a grounded theory approach, I develop a framework of Liberian national identity and evaluate how these conceptions of identity generate support or opposition to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees-supported local integration programme. Three main themes regarding identity are identified by the participants: ethnic or cultural identity, civic identity, and liberal identity. The results indicate that national identity is an important indicator about a refugee’s desire to remain in Ghana, and those with strong ethnic and liberal national identities, as opposed to civic national identities, are the least likely candidates for local integration

Ethnic group · Identity (music · National identity · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Gender Studies · Law