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Author:   Rebecca Hamlin (Assistant Professor of Political Science, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Grinnell College)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 24.10cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 16.30cm
Weight:   0.556kg
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9780199373307

ISBN 10:   0199373302
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   09 October 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Part One Chapter I - Let Me Be a Refugee Chapter II - Building a Cross-National Comparison of RSD Regimes Chapter III - 'Illegal Refugees' and the Rise of Restrictive Asylum Politics Part Two Chapter IV - Courting Asylum: The Judicialization of Refugee Status Determination in the United States Chapter V - The 'Cadillac' Bureaucracy: Refugee Status Determination in Canada Chapter VI - The Battle of the 'Bouncing Ball': Refugee Status Determination in Australia Part Three Chapter VII - Asylum for Women: Reading Gender into the Refugee Definition Chapter VIII - Escaping the People's Republic: Chinese Asylum Claims in Three RSD Regimes Chapter IX - Complementary Protection in a Complicated World Part Four Chapter X - Asylum Seeker Blues and the Globalization of Law Appendix: List of Interviews Bibliography

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Hamlin (Grinnell College) provides a comprehensive overview of the refugee process in three countries ... As immigration and refugee numbers stay constant or rise, this exploration of the rationale, if one can be defined, may help assist in understanding this complicated process. W. R. Pruitt, Elmira College, CHOICE This book makes an important and original contribution to the scholarly literature, especially the literature on refugees but also the broader literature on the administrative state. It shows how consequential different institutional arrangements and legal/political cultures can be. I know of no other research that has opened up the black box of the state to examine the inner dynamics of the process of refugee determination. Hamlin does so in a way that is persuasive and illuminating. Anyone who works on refugees, whether in political science or law, will want to read this book. Joseph H. Carens, University of Toronto Hamlin gives us a highly original account of the politics of asylum-seeking, focusing on constitutional law and administrative practice in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. An excellent piece of scholarship and a timely book, Let Me Be a Refugee will quickly become a classic and a must-read for anyone interested in refugee policy. James F. Hollifield, Tower Center, SMU

This book makes an important and original contribution to the scholarly literature, especially the literature on refugees but also the broader literature on the administrative state. It shows how consequential different institutional arrangements and legal/political cultures can be. I know of no other research that has opened up the black box of the state to examine the inner dynamics of the process of refugee determination. Hamlin does so in a way that is persuasive and illuminating. Anyone who works on refugees, whether in political science or law, will want to read this book. --Joseph H. Carens, University of Toronto Hamlin gives us a highly original account of the politics of asylum-seeking, focusing on constitutional law and administrative practice in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. An excellent piece of scholarship and a timely book, Let Me Be a Refugee will quickly become a classic and a must-read for anyone interested in refugee policy. --James F. Hollifield, Tower Center, SMU

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Rebecca Hamlin is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Grinnell College.

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