Refugees in a Global Era

Refugees in a Global Era offers a topical and informative analysis of forced migration in the age of globalization identifying mass displacement as an outcome of conflicts and contradictions in the global system. It looks critically at histories of migration exploring the constructed nature of the refugee and considers the changing patterns of migration and the refugee experience of displacement flight and the search for asylum. Additionally it offers a critical analysis of refugee policy in Europe North America and Australia and advances the case for open borders.