The Rise and Decline of A Global Security Actor UNHCR, Refugee Protection, and Security Hammerstad, Anne (Book - 2014) . The Rise and Decline of A Global Security Actor . My Rating Clear Rating set item rating to 0.5 out of 5. set item rating to 1 out of 5. set item rating to 1.5 out of 5. set item rating to 2 out of 5. set item rating to 2.5 out of 5. set item rating to 3 out of 5. set item rating to 3.5 out of 5. set item rating to 4 out of 5. set item rating to 4.5 out of 5. set item rating to 5 out of 5. . Add a Comment Add Tags Add Detailsꯍ Save to a List ꯍ . Add to My Shelves . Print Oxford University Press The Rise and Decline of a Global Security Actor investigates the rise of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as a global security actor. It follows the refugee agency through some of the past two decades major conflict-induced humanitarian emergencies: in northern Iraq (1991), Bosnia (1991-95), eastern Zaire (1994-96), Kosovo (1998-99), Afghanistan (2001-) and Iraq (2003-). It analyses UNHCRs momentous transformation from a small, timid legal protection agency to the worlds foremost humanitarian actor playing a central role in the international response to the many wars of the tumultuous last decade of the 20th century. Then, as the 21st century set in, the agencys political prominence waned. It remains a major humanitarian actor, whose budgets and staffing levels continue to rise. But the polarised post-9/11 period and a worsening protection climate for refugees and asylum seekers spurred UNHCR to abandon its claim to be a global security actor and return to a more modest, quietly diplomatic role. The rise of UNHCR as a global security actor is placed within the context of the dramatic shift in perceptions of national and international security after the end of the Cold War. The Cold War superpower struggle encouraged a narrow strategic-military understanding of security. In the more fluid and unpredictable post-Cold War environment, a range of new issues were introduced to states security agendas. Prominent among these were the perceived threats posed by refugees and asylum seekers to international security, state stability, and societal cohesion. This book investigates UNHCRs response to this new international environment; adopting, adapting, and finally abandoning a security discourse on the refugee problem. Show less . . Details Full Record Additional Info Switch to Research View Authors: Hammerstad, Anne . Statement of Responsibility: Anne Hammerstad . Title: The rise and decline of a global security actor UNHCR, refugee protection, and security . Publisher: Oxford :, Oxford University Press,, 2014 . Copyright Date: ©2014 . Edition: First edition . Characteristics: x, 345 pages ; 24 cm . Content Type: text . Media Type: unmediated . Carrier Type: volume . Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index . Contents: Introduction: The rise and decline of a global security actor From explaining to constructing security : a conceptual analysis Victims or threats? : placing displacement on three security agendas Institutional and international developments The 1950s to 1970s : timidity and restraint in UNHCRs discourse The 1980s : a political turn The 1990s : adopting and adapting a security discourse The 2000s and beyond : return of a protection discourse UNHCRs rise as a global security actor : Northern Iraq, 1991 A humanitarian star : lead agency in Bosnia, 1991-95 Protection disaster in Eastern Zaire, 1994-96 How success became failure : the Kosovo Crisis, 1998-99 Challenges of protection after 9/11 Repatriating Afghan refugees Conclusion: The ongoing quest for power, independence and relevance . Subject Headings: United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees. (DE-588)43182-5 gnd Humanitarian assistance Security, International Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees . Topical Term: Humanitarian assistance Security, International . LCCN: 2013957465 . ISBN: 0199213089 9780199213085 . Research Call Number: JFE 14-3510 .MARC Display»
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