Rock and Hard Place
Dynamics of Power between Diverse Actors and Liberian Refugees in Guinea
Rock and Hard Place depicts predicaments of a miserable sea of Liberians refugees in Guinea from early 1990s to June 2012. Warfare for fourteen years resulting to state break-down put the exiles into protracted refugee category, which led to slashing of vital services and humanitarian assistance for these refugees. Forced to find alternative sustenance, they became constantly embroiled in menacing trajectories. A wider context to perpetrating improprieties by personnel of the UNHCR, other humanitarian agencies, as well as Guinean authorities crossed the line into steady abuse of power, sexual harassment and rape of vulnerable females with imp…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-639-47736-8
- EAN: 9783639477368
- Produktnummer: 37473355
- Verlag: GlobeEdit
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 124 S.
- Masse: H22.0 cm x B15.0 cm x D0.7 cm 203 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 203
Über den Autor
Henry Ahorttor Collins holds MA in Social Anthropology from the University of Bergen inNorway. The daily lived experiences in Guinea for ten years exposed him to issues andpredicaments of Liberian refugees. Rock and Hard Place, examines dynamics of powerbetween the UNHCR, Guinean authorities and the locals on one hand, and Liberian refugeesin Guinea on the other. Employing participant observer and observing participant as pointof departure, he explores the various elements of power through the lens ofinsider-outsider.
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