UNRWA and Palestinian refugees : from relief and works to human development /

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Imprint:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014.
Description:	xiv, 303 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Routledge studies on the Arab-Israeli conflict ; 14 Routledge studies on the Arab-Israeli conflict ; 14.
Subject:	United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Palestinian Arabs -- Services for. Refugees, Palestinian Arab -- Middle East. Palestinian Arabs -- Services for. Refugees, Palestinian Arab. Middle East.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10043320

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Other authors / contributors:	Ḥanafī, Sārī, editor of compilation. Hilal, Leila, editor of compilation. Takkenberg, Alex, 1959- editor of compilation.
ISBN:	9780415715041 (hardback) 0415715040 (hardback) 9781315882116 (e-book) 1315882116 (e-book)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book examines the continuing role of UNRWA since 1948 and its work with Palestinian refugees"-- "Exploring the evolution of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), this book fills a lacuna in literature on the agency. UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees employs recent fieldwork in order to analyse challenges in programmes and service delivery, protection, camp governance, community participation, and camp improvement and reconstruction. The chapters examine the way UNRWA is adapting to a changing social, political and economic context, mostly within urban settings - a paradigmatic shift from understanding the Agency's role as simply a provider of relief and services to Palestinian refugees. Examining the refugee debate using new disciplines and research frameworks, this collection aims to emphasise the centrality of the Palestinian refugee issue for Middle East peace-making and to contribute a better understanding of a unique agency. This book will be a useful aid for students and researchers with an interest in Middle East Studies, Politics, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict"--

Table of Contents:

Part I. Meeting Challenges in Programmes and Service Delivery
1. Realizing Self-Reliancethrough Microfinance
2. UNRWAe's 'Traditional'Programmesas a Catalyst for Human Development
Part II. Protection: From Concept to Practice
3. Incorporating Protection into UNRWA Operations
4. Advancing Child Protection in Jordan, Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian Territory and Syria
Part III. Governance: The Camps and UNRWA5 From Chaos to Order and Back: The Construction of UNRWA Shelters and Camps 1950- 1970
6. UNRWA as 'Phantom Sovereign': Governance Practices in Lebanon
Part IV. Civic Participation and Community Engagement
7. From Beneficiary to Stakeholder: An Overview of UNRWA's Approach to Refugee Participatione
8. Community Participation and Human Rights Advocacy: Questions Arising from the Campaign about the Right to Work of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
Part V. Camp Improvement/Reconstruction and Development
9. Dynamics of Space, Temporariness, Development and Rights in Palestine Refugees' Campse
10. Talbiyeh Camp Improvement Project and the Challenges of Community Participation: Between Empowerment and Conflicte
11. Implementing the Neirab Rehabilitation Project: UNRWA's Approach to Development in Syria's Palestinian Refugee Campse
12. The Urban Planning Strategy in Al-Hussein Palestinian Refugee Camp in Amman: Heterogeneous Practices; Homogeneous Landscapee
Part VI. Palestinian Refugees and Durable Solutions: A Role for UNRWA
13. UNRWA as Avatar: Current Debates on the Agency and their Implications
14. The Role of UNRWA in Resolving the Palestinian Refugee Issue

UNRWA and Palestinian refugees : from relief and works to human development /

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