Forced Migration

Ludger Pries, Senior Professor of Sociology, Department of Social Science, Ruhr-University Bochum and Rafael Bohlen, PhD Candidate, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, Fellow,Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF) and Fulbright Alumni

• ContentsPreface 1 Introduction to Forced Migration: it is time for a widerperspective2 The multiple causing contexts of forced migration3 Who is affected by forced migration?4 Forced migrants as agents in transnational spaces5 Ambiguities of time and space in forced migration6 States and international organizations between humanrights and NIMBY7 Non-state collective actors and civil societyBibliographyIndex

‘Forced Migration is a relatively concise publication (185pp) written by two academics with extensive experience of, and an infectious interest in, migration issues. I refer to “academics” and “interest’” because this is not a practitioner’s handbook or reference work to be taken off the shelf from time to time. Rather, for those with a fascination for the subject, this is a book to be read from beginning to end. [...] This book is relevant beyond academia, and is well-resourced and well-referenced throughout. It rewards the reader with a wealth of information and a real appreciation of the complexities of a subject of global importance in the 21st century. The Israeli-Palestine crisis, Sudan and the fall of the Assad regime, among others, assure us that the importance of this subject will not go away.’