Rethinking Internal Displacement

Frederick Laker is Lecturer in International Relations at King's College London.

• List of Illustrations, Figures, Maps and TablesIntroductionPart I: The History of the IDP RegimeChapter 1. The Origins of the Internal Displacement Regime (1930–1950): The Genesis of Refugee PoliticsChapter 2. The Emergence of the Internal Displacement Crisis (1980–2010): The Role of UNHCRChapter 3. The Evolution of IDP Truths: (Re)Creating Knowledge, Numbers, Labels and SovereigntyChapter 4. The Construction of IDP Norms: Duplicating and Diluting the 1951 Refugee ConventionPart II: The Structure of the IDP RegimeChapter 5. The Nature, Logic and Effects of the IDP Regime: Discursive Reproductions of Power, Privilege and PaternalismPart III: The Impact of the IDP RegimeChapter 6. Uganda and the IDP Regime: The Political Economy of War and DisplacementChapter 7. The IDP Regime and Camp as Heterotopia: Space, Discourse and PowerChapter 8. The IDP Regime: Clustering Power and Converging Interests in IDP CampsChapter 9. The IDP Regime in Overlapping Vicious Cycles: Hiding the Suffering and Death of People in Plain ViewConclusion: Rethinking Internal DisplacementBibliographyIndex

“Crucially, this manuscript places the problems of internal displacement and IDP protection in their historical, political, economic, social, cultural, and intellectual contexts.” • Zachary A. Lomo, University of British Columbia