- Hardcover: 231 pages
- Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan (May 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312220677
- ISBN-13: 978-0312220679
- Product Dimensions: 22.5 x 14.6 x 2.1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,884,768 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'This study provides an illuminating and comparative account of the Kurdish diasporic communities in Britian and Finland and goes beyond sociological observations...Indispensable for undergraduate and graduate collections in sociology, multiculturalism, migration studies, and ethnicity/diaspora studies.' - K. Tölölyan, Choice
'The focus of the book is in the end rather on the integration of refugees. In this respect the book is a welcome and important contribution.' - Eva Ostergaard-Nielsen, Journal of Refugee Studies --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
'The focus of the book is in the end rather on the integration of refugees. In this respect the book is a welcome and important contribution.' - Eva Ostergaard-Nielsen, Journal of Refugee Studies --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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An important theoretical contribution to the area of refugee studies, this book is based on ethnographic fieldwork among Kurdish refugees in the UK and Finland. The author has uniquely combined empirical evidence and contemporary sociological theories of diasporas and transnationalism. Vivid ethnographic material is used to introduce new argu-ments about the process of integration among refugees. The author argues that a study of refugee communities needs to take into account the refugees' relation to both the country of origin and the country of settlement. The concept of diaspora is used to depict the transnational social reality which characterizes the refugee communities. The book provides essential reading for anybody looking for a comprehensive view of refugee resettlement issues and it will be of special interest to anyone concerned with the topical Kurdish question.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
An enlightening book about the Kurdish Diasporas
2 Jun 2000
Format:Hardcover
I found this book extremely interesting and helpfull, as I am writing my thesis about Kurdish immigrants and refugees in Europe. It includes an introductory section about Kurds and their situation in Turkey, Iran and Iraq. The comparison between the two refugee communities in England and Finland was very informative.
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good start!
4 April 2001
Format:Hardcover
The book is defintely worth it! I found it gave me a good theoretical framework for studying the Kurds, as a diaspora.
Although his book covers the Kurdish diaspora in Finland and England, it can be used as a "guide-post" for the study of the Kurds in other parts of the diaspora, as well.
As a sociologist and an avid student of Kurdish studies, I find this piece of work to be a seminal one in the developing field of Kurdish sociology.
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