Refugees, citizenship and belonging in South Asia : contested terrains / Nasreen Chowdhory.
Chowdhory, Nasreen. author.
2018
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Title Refugees, citizenship and belonging in South Asia : contested terrains / Nasreen Chowdhory.
Author Chowdhory, Nasreen. author.
ISBN 9789811301971 (electronic book)
9811301972 (electronic book)
9811301964
9789811301964
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0197-1
Published Singapore : Springer, [2018]
Copyright ©2018
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-981-13-0197-1 doi
Call Number H85
Dewey Decimal Classification 300
Summary This book examines forced migration of two refugees groups in South Asia. The author discusses the claims of "belonging" of refugees, and asserts that in practice "belonging" can extend beyond the state-centric understanding of membership in South Asian states. She addresses two sets of interrelated questions: what factors determine whether refugees are relocated to their home countries in South Asia, and why do some repatriated groups re-integrate more successfully than others in "post-peace" South Asian states? This book answers these questions through a study of refugees from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh who sought asylum in India and were later relocated to their countries of origin. Since postcolonial societies have a typical kind of state-formation, in South Asia's case this has profoundly shaped questions of belonging and membership. The debate tends to focus on citizenship, making it a benchmark to demarcate inclusion and exclusion in South Asian states. In addition to qualitative analysis, this book includes narratives of Sri Lankan and Chakma refugees in post-conflict and post-peace Sri Lanka and Bangladesh respectively, and critiques the impact of macro policies from the bottom up.
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Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Methodology; Outline of the Book; Overview of the Chapters; References; 2 The Idea of 'Belonging' and Citizenship Among Refugees: Some Theoretical Considerations; Introduction; Idea of Belonging: A State-Centric View; Problems of Belonging: Construction and Reconstruction of 'Home' in Refugee Narratives; The Idea of Being Here or There in Refugee Studies: The Refugee Perspective; The International Refugee Regime: When to Return Refugees; What Explains Belonging of Refugees in South Asia; Conclusion; References

3 State Formation, Marginality and Belonging: Contextualizing Rights of Refugees in India, Bangladesh and Sri LankaIntroduction; State Formation and the Politics of Marginalization in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka; The Question of Belonging in South Asia; Understanding Refugee Rights in India; Refugee Experiences in India; Repatriation Policies in India; Conclusion; References; 4 The Politics of Accommodation and the Rights of Tamils in Sri Lanka; Introduction; Competing Narratives of Tamils in Sri Lanka; Political Persecution and Peace Initiatives to Bring Tamil Refugees 'Home'

'Narrative of Life' of Tamil Returnees in Sri LankaRefugee Narratives I: Vavuniya and Mannar; Refugee Narrative II: Twice Displaced in Vavuniya and Mannar; An Analysis of Return: Loss of 'Home' or Identity; Relocations of Tamil Returnee-Refugees in Madhukarai, Sri Lanka; Conclusion; References; 5 The Policies of Belonging in Bangladesh: The Chakma Refugees in the Chittagong Hill Tracts; Introduction; The Churning of Politics in Bangladesh: Bengali Identity Versus Pahari Identity; The Genesis Chakma Refugees in India; Impact of Peace Process on Chakma/Pahari Returnees

Chakma Refugees' Search for 'Home' in KhagracharriChakma Returnees in Dighinala; Conclusion; References; 6 Issues of Inclusion and Citizenship in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh: A Comparative Narrative; Introduction; Peace Process in the Narrative of Refugees; The Effect of Peace Accord Versus End of War on Returnees; Devolution of Power and Politics of Exclusion; Strategies to Accommodate Refugees in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh; Re-instatement of Land; Politics Over Ration; Citizenship Rights of Returnees; Refugee Perspective of 'Home' and 'Homeland'; Understanding 'Home' in Homeland?

Disparate Viewpoints of 'Home' Among Tamils and Chakma ReturneesConclusion; References; 7 Conclusion; Reference

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