Political Refugees

Armin Danesh; Alison Assiter

doi:10.5771/9781538161395

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-6138-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-6139-5
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 170
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Acknowledgements No access
4. Preface No access
1. Brief History of the Refugee No access
2. The Psychological Literature on Refugees No access
3. Notes No access
1. A Challenge to Nyers No access
2. Notes No access
1. Historical Background No access
2. Role of Islam in the Revolution No access
3. Economic Factors No access
4. Failure of the Regime No access
5. The Women’s Movement in Iran No access
6. Universalism and Cultural Relativism in Iran No access
7. 1. Islamic Fundamentalism No access
  2. Velayat-e Faqih No access
8. The Discriminatory Gender Attitude of the Iranian Regime No access
9. Iranian Women Lead the Force for Change No access
10. Iranian Refugees No access
11. What Impels So Many to Flee Iran? No access
12. Notes No access
1. My Story No access
2. What Brought Me to This Point? No access
3. The Situation of Women in Iran after 1979 No access
4. My Friends No access
5. My Wife Behnaz No access
6. Fear, Death, and Dignity No access
7. Loss of Spiritual Family and Collective Identity No access
8. My Baby Niece, My Sister, and My Brother No access
9. Origin of My Trauma No access
10. The Escape Process No access
11. My Arrival in the United Kingdom No access
12. Experiences of Adaptation and Resettlement in My New Home No access
13. My Daughter Maryam No access
14. My Mum Moira No access
15. My Wife Alison No access
16. My Children No access
17. Notes No access
1. Participants and Recruitment No access
2. Issues of Trust No access
3. My Study’s Philosophical Foundation No access
4. Choosing the Method No access
5. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) No access
6. Working as an IPA Researcher No access
7. Sampling No access
8. Who Are My Participants? No access
9. 1. Sina No access
  2. Karimi No access
  3. Sara No access
  4. Hiva No access
  5. Watan No access
  6. Darius No access
  7. Gila No access
  8. Lida No access
  9. Parya No access
10. Interviews No access
11. Collecting Data No access
12. Transcribing—Method and Participants’ Approval No access
13. Data Analysis No access
14. Conclusion No access
15. Notes No access
1. 1. Violation of Human Rights as a Threat to the Self Value System and Commitment No access
2. Motherhood and the Battlefield No access
3. 1. Taking Risks to Create Possibilities No access
4. A Different World No access
5. Notes No access
1. 1. The New Birth No access
2. Recognition and Respect No access
3. Process of Adaptation and the Need to Work No access
4. Language and Skill in Adaptation No access
5. Supportive Network No access
6. Survival Guilt No access
7. Sense of Self and Cultural Adaptation No access
8. Interior Strength and Resources No access
9. How Do They See Their Future? No access
10. Notes No access
1. Significant Factors in Therapeutic Work with Political Refugees No access
2. Suggested Therapeutic Process No access
3. Authentic Self No access
4. Is Authenticity Possible? No access
5. How Does This Study Apply to the Therapy World in General? No access
6. Notes No access
1. Notes No access
Index No access Pages 161 - 168
About the Authors No access Pages 169 - 170