School of Social and Political Sciences: Recent submissions
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Refugees as Educators: The Potential for Positive Impact on Educational Systems
Published 2012-01-01Book chapter -
The Transformation of Homeland Politics in the Era of Resettlement: Bhutanese refugees in Nepal and the diaspora
Published 2013-01-01This article examines how resettled Bhutanese refugees who lived in refugee camps in Nepal for two decades perceive, understand, and interact with their “home” country of Bhutan in the political sphere. It draws on initial ...Open AccessArticle -
"We are the victims of the separation": A report on Bhutanese refugees remaining in Nepal
Published 2014-01-01In the early 1990s tens of thousands of Lhotshampas, ethnic Nepalese from the southern region of Bhutan, fled their homeland through India and sought refuge in Nepal. More than 100,000 refugees lived in camps in eastern ...Open AccessOther -
The Paradoxical Power of Precarity: Refugees and Homeland Activism
Published 2013-01-01This paper offers a theoretical treatment of the argument that refugees who live in situations of varying precarity are uniquely positioned for transnational political action focused on reforming the home country from which ...Open AccessArticle -
Urbanity, Precarity, and Homeland Activism. Burmese Migrants in Global Cities.
Published 2013-01-01This article interrogates the link between urbanity and ‘precarity of place’ for non-citizen populations, relying on evidence drawn from the transnational homeland activities of Burmese migrants in two global cities (Bangkok ...Open AccessArticle