pt. 1. Themes and challenges: Introduction / Gil Loescher, James Milner, Edward newman and Gary Troeller ; Understanding the problem of protracted refugee situations / Gil Loescher and James Milner ; Asylum trends in industrialized countries and their impact on protracted refugee situations / Gary Troeller ; Protracted refugee situations, conflict and security : the need for better diagnosis and prescription / Eric Morris and Stephen John Stedman ; Protracted refugee situations, human rights and civil society / Elizabeth Ferris ; Development actors and protracted refugee situations : progress, challenges, opportunities / Mark Mattner ; a surrogate state? The role of UNHCR in protracted refugee situations / Amy Slaughter and Jeff Crisp ; A realistic, segmented and reinvigorated UNHCR approach to resolving protracted refugee situations / Arafat Jamal ; Historical lessons for overcoming protracted refugee situations / Alexander Betts -- pt. 2. Case studies: Palestinian refugees / Michael Dumper ; Somali refugees : protracted exile and shifting security frontiers / Peter Kagwanja and Monica Juma ; Sudanese refugees in Uganda and Kenya / Tania Kaiser ; Bhutanese refugees in Nepal / Mahendra P. Lama ; Burmese refugees in South and Southeast Asia : a comparative regional analysis / Gil Loescher and James Milner ; Afghan refugees in Iran and Pakistan / Ewen Macleod -- pt. 3. Policy conclusions and recommendations: A framework for responding to protracted refugee situations / Gil Loescher and James Milner ; Resolving protracted refugee situations : conclusion and policy implications / Edward Newman and Gary G. Troeller.

xiii, 406 p. : maps, tables

Includes bibliographical references and index.
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