Resettling Displaced Communities: Applying the International Standard for Involuntary Resettlement

William L. Partridge; David B. Halmo

doi:10.5771/9781793624031

Summary

Global trends suggest that the number of people involuntarily displaced will increase exponentially in the coming decades. The authors argue that when the agency, time-tested adaptations, innovative capacities, dignity, and human rights of displaced people are respected as full participants in the rebuilding of their communities, livelihoods and standards of living, resettlement outcomes are more positive. The goal of resettlement must be the sustainable social, economic and human development of affected communities, requiring a praxis of ethical commitment to effective, actionable recommendations based on empirical observation. The authors draw on case examples from Asia, Africa and the Americas. This book will be of interest to resettlement specialists, planners, administrators, nongovernmental and civil society organizations, and scholars and students of anthropology, sociology, development studies, and social policy.

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Edition: 1/2020
Copyright year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-2402-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-2403-1
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 218
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication Page No access
2. Contents No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
4. List of Acronyms No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
1. Chapter 1 Dimensions of Involuntary Displacement and Resettlement No access
2. Chapter 2 The Evolution of Involuntary Resettlement Policy No access
3. Chapter 3 The International Standard for Involuntary Resettlement and Country Legal Systems No access
1. Chapter 4 The Nature of Human Communities Facing Displacement and Resettlement No access
2. Chapter 5 Avoiding, Minimizing, and Anticipating Resettlement No access
3. Chapter 6 Identifying Social, Economic, and Cultural Impacts No access
4. Chapter 7 The Resettlement Action Plan No access
5. Chapter 8 Free, Prior, and Informed Participation of Project-Affected Communities No access
6. Chapter 9 Rebuilding Livelihoods No access
1. Chapter 10 Resettlement as Social, Economic, and Human Development No access
Appendix 1 No access Pages 167 - 170
Appendix 2 No access Pages 171 - 176
References Cited No access Pages 177 - 202
Index No access Pages 203 - 216
About the Authors No access Pages 217 - 218