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OverviewThis book explores the legitimacy of political asylum applications in the US and UK through an examination of the varieties of evidence, narratives, and documentation with which they are assessed. Credibility is the central issue in determining the legitimacy of political asylum seekers, but the line between truth and lies is often elusive, partly because desperate people often have to use deception to escape persecution. The vetting process has become infused with a climate of suspicion that not only assesses the credibility of an applicant’s story and differentiates between the economic migrant and the person fleeing persecution, but also attempts to determine whether an applicant represents a future threat to the receiving country. This innovative text approaches the problem of deception from several angles, including increased demand for evidence, uses of new technologies to examine applicants’ narratives, assessments of forged documents, attempts to differentiate betweenvictims and persecutors, and ways that cultural misunderstandings can compromise the process. Essential reading for researchers and students of Political Science, International Studies, Refugee and Migration Studies, Human Rights, Anthropology, Sociology, Law, Public Policy, and Narrative Studies. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Carol Bohmer , Amy ShumanPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG Edition: 1st ed. 2018 Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9783319674032ISBN 10: 331967403 Pages: 202 Publication Date: 23 January 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- SECTION ONE: Asylum Fraud.- Chapter 1: Asylum Fraud.- SECTION TWO: Evidence: What Counts as Evidence?.- Chapter 2: Narratives.- Chapter 3: Documentary Evidence.- Chapter 4: Science and Technology as Determinants of Credibility.- SECTION THREE: Misunderstandings and Suspicion.- Chapter 5: Your Bribery is My Networking: Understanding the Meaning of Exchange in Asylum Claims.- Chapter 6: New forms of Evidence: Membership in a Particular Social Group.- SECTION FOUR: Victim or Perpetrator.- Chapter 7: A Case Study: from Perpetrator to Victim to Perpetrator.- Chapter 8: Victim or Perpetrator?.- Conclusion.ReviewsAuthor InformationCarol Bohmer is a Visiting Scholar in the Government Department at Dartmouth College, and a Teaching Fellow at King’s College, London. She has worked in the area of law and society, examining the way legal and social institutions interact. Her most recent book is Rejecting Refugees: Political Asylum in the 21st Century, (2007) with Amy Shuman. Amy Shuman is Professor at the Ohio State University where she is the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar and Distinguished Teaching awards. She is a Guggenheim Fellow. Her publications include Storytelling Rights: The Uses of Oral and Written Texts Among Urban Adolescents, Other People’s Stories: Entitlement Claims and the Critique of Empathy, and, with Carol Bohmer, Rejecting Refugees: Political Asylum in the 21st Century. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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