Governing Refugees: Justice, Order and Legal Pluralism

Refugee camps are imbued in the public imagination with assumptions of anarchy, danger and refugee passivity. Governing Refugees: Justice, Order and Legal Pluralism challenges such assumptions, arguing that refugee camps should be recognized as spaces where social capital can not only survive, but thrive. This book examines camp management and the administration of justice in refugee camps on the Thailand-Burma border. Emphasising the work of refugees themselves in coping with and adapting to encampment, it considers themes of agency, sovereignty and legal pluralism in an analysis of local governance and the production of order beyond the state. Governing Refugees will appeal to anyone with relevant interests in law, anthropology and criminology, as well as those working in the area of refugee studies.Additional ISBNs9780415834001, 9780203426777, 9781135051341, 9781306707565, 9781135051327Governing Refugees: Justice, Order and Legal Pluralism 1st Edition is written by Kirsten McConnachie and published by Routledge. ISBNs for Governing Refugees are 9781135051334, 113505133X and the print ISBNs are 9781138956315, 1138956317. Additional ISBNs include 9780415834001, 9780203426777, 9781135051341, 9781306707565, 9781135051327.