Migration, refugee policy, and state building in postcommunist Europe /

"Why do similar postcommunist states respond differently to refugees, with some being more receptive than others? Why do some states privilege certain refugee groups, while other states do not? This book presents a theory to account for this puzzle, and it centers on the role of the politics of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shevel, Oxana
Format: Printed Book
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Post-communism
Refugees
Nationalism
Political science
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