Challenging the Prevailing Paradigm of Displacement and Resettlement: Risks, Impoverishment, Legacies, and Solutions
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (740 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1138060518 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Maldonado is Director of Research for the Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network (LiKEN), consultant for the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, and lecturer in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of California-Santa Barbara, USA. Michael M. Cernea is Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, USA, former World Bank Senior Advisor for Social Policies and Sociology, Honorary Professor at
Cernea is Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, USA, former World Bank Senior Advisor for Social Policies and Sociology, Honorary Professor at Hohai University, China, Emeritus Professor of Three Gorges University, China, and Doctor Honoris Causa of several universitiesJulie K. Maldonado is Director of Research for the Livelihoods Knowledge Exchange Network (LiKEN), consultant for the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, and lecturer in t
At a time when governments, development agencies and universities worldwide are urgently seeking solutions, Challenging the Prevailing Paradigm of Displacement and Resettlement: Risks, Impoverishment, Legacies, Solutions suggests a new paradigm that is inclusive of the social, economic, and cultural dimensions of resettlement and is grounded in the recognition and protection of human rights. An inspring and compelling guide to the field, this book will be of interest to development practitioners, students, and researchers of international development, sociology, political science and economics.. Development-caused forced displacement and involuntary resettlement is now one of the top problems on the international development agenda. Despite the expansion of policies on involuntary resettlement since the 1980s, the magnitude of development-caused displacement has exponentially increased, from ten million people displaced annually in the 1990s, to fifteen-twenty million during the 2000s, and all indications showing further acceleration during the current decade. Challenging the Prevailing Paradigm of Displacement and Resettlement challenges existing weak policies and dysfunctional practices, and proposes a robust set of solutions to practically and operationally improve the performance level of resettlement policies and tackle injustices and violations. Bringing together