Due to the wide range of displacement situations in the MENA region, this chapter uses a small se... more Due to the wide range of displacement situations in the MENA region, this chapter uses a small selection of case studies to highlight the diversity of the causes, experiences, and responses to forced migration from different perspectives. A range of major refugee and IDP crises are introduced, including Iraqis who fled their country because of the civil war; the protracted Palestinian refugee camp crisis in Lebanon; and, most recently, the displacement of Syrian refugees and IDPs due to authoritarian repression during the Arab Spring. Other forms of displacement are also briefly discussed with reference to climate-induced displacement, trafficking, and statelessness, all of which have had significant impacts on individual, collective, and national experiences in the region. Thematically, the chapter focuses on the host-displacee relationships, and the major challenges of using refugee camps as a residential solution for refugees in the region.
In this article, the author surveys his own career to illustrate some of the dilemmas of
research... more In this article, the author surveys his own career to illustrate some of the dilemmas of research, especially when it assumes a critical and public face. He shows how his work on Palestinian refugees, their socioeconomic rights, their right of return and their camps evolved toward complex forms of traditional and organic public sociology. The article concludes with reflections on one of the major dilemmas researchers face: conducting public research without losing its critical edge, even toward the deprived groups it seeks to protect. The moral of the story: good scientists are not always popular.
Due to the wide range of displacement situations in the MENA region, this chapter uses a small se... more Due to the wide range of displacement situations in the MENA region, this chapter uses a small selection of case studies to highlight the diversity of the causes, experiences, and responses to forced migration from different perspectives. A range of major refugee and IDP crises are introduced, including Iraqis who fled their country because of the civil war; the protracted Palestinian refugee camp crisis in Lebanon; and, most recently, the displacement of Syrian refugees and IDPs due to authoritarian repression during the Arab Spring. Other forms of displacement are also briefly discussed with reference to climate-induced displacement, trafficking, and statelessness, all of which have had significant impacts on individual, collective, and national experiences in the region. Thematically, the chapter focuses on the host-displacee relationships, and the major challenges of using refugee camps as a residential solution for refugees in the region.
In this article, the author surveys his own career to illustrate some of the dilemmas of
research... more In this article, the author surveys his own career to illustrate some of the dilemmas of research, especially when it assumes a critical and public face. He shows how his work on Palestinian refugees, their socioeconomic rights, their right of return and their camps evolved toward complex forms of traditional and organic public sociology. The article concludes with reflections on one of the major dilemmas researchers face: conducting public research without losing its critical edge, even toward the deprived groups it seeks to protect. The moral of the story: good scientists are not always popular.
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research, especially when it assumes a critical and public face. He shows how his work
on Palestinian refugees, their socioeconomic rights, their right of return and their camps
evolved toward complex forms of traditional and organic public sociology. The article
concludes with reflections on one of the major dilemmas researchers face: conducting
public research without losing its critical edge, even toward the deprived groups it
seeks to protect. The moral of the story: good scientists are not always popular.
research, especially when it assumes a critical and public face. He shows how his work
on Palestinian refugees, their socioeconomic rights, their right of return and their camps
evolved toward complex forms of traditional and organic public sociology. The article
concludes with reflections on one of the major dilemmas researchers face: conducting
public research without losing its critical edge, even toward the deprived groups it
seeks to protect. The moral of the story: good scientists are not always popular.