The Myth of Self-Reliance

<ul> <li> This book represents a pioneering attempt to reveal the diverse realities of refugees' economic survival in a protracted refugee camp through the collation and analysis of original and up-to-date empirical materials.</li> <li> Based on multi-sited fieldwork in West Africa over several years the book provides valuable insights into refugees' lived experiences of repatriation after protracted exile and their responses to the ending of refugee status - both crucial but under-researched issues in the existing scholarship.</li> <li> By following the same refugee households over several years including their post-refugee lives the book provide a historical account of what it is like to be a protracted refugee in the Global South.</li></ul><p style=margin-left:36pt;> · The book integrates both qualitative and quantitative data allowing more comprehensive analysis of refugees' economic lives with compelling narratives and detailed numerical evidence. </p>