Unstable Populations, Anxious States: Mixed and Massive Flows in South Asia

Unstable Populations, Anxious States: Mixed and Massive Flows in South Asia

Edited by Paula Banerjee

demy octavo pb 368pp‘ISBN 978-93-81345-06-1  Rs  575

In South Asia, political liberation resulted in the partition of states, leading to huge flows of refugees who faced horrific, indescribable violence. In addition there are the internally displaced people (IDPs), religious and ethnic minorities, indigenous people, dalits and the urban poor who get displaced many times over.

           Persecution and discrimination occur together. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) responded with a Ten-Point Plan of Action for Refugee Protection and Mixed Migration. This was the focus of a two-day dialogue on ‘Protection Strategies in South Asia’ organized by Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (MCRG), resulting in this comprehensive collection, compiled by social scientists, media analysts and activists. It offers an analysis of the principles of protection, their inadequate implementation; the disparity between economic growth and human development indices that leads to massive human flows: refugees, IDPs or economic migrants.

Paula Banerjee is professor, department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Calcutta and president, Mahanirvan Calcutta Research Group. Contributors Paula Banerjee ▪Subir Bhaumik▪ Nasreen Chowdhory▪ Uttam Kumar Das Shiva K. Dhungana ▪Bhavani Fonseka▪Partha S Ghosh▪ Mario Gomez  Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal▪Pamela Philipose ▪K.M. Parivelam▪ Hina Shahid▪Jeevan Thiagarajah.

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