Refugees, forced migration, and conflict: Introduction to the special issue

Alex Braithwaite, Idean Salehyan and Burcu Savun
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Alex Braithwaite: School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona
Idean Salehyan: Department of Political Science, University of North Texas
Burcu Savun: Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh

Journal of Peace Research, 2019, vol. 56, issue 1, 5-11

Abstract: Few issues in international politics have dominated public debates, both in domestic and international arenas, as much as refugee movements across borders in recent years. By the end of 2017, more than 68.5 million people – one in approximately every 110 people on the planet – had been displaced from their homes, either as internally displaced persons (IDPs) or as refugees, due to violent conflict, persecution, famine, or natural disasters. This article introduces a special issue on refugees, forced migration, and conflict. It describes the evolution of the international refugee regime and identifies theoretical and methodological advances in the relevant literature. It concludes with a discussion of the individual contributions to the issue, which seek to address gaps in the literature with respect to explaining motivations for refugee departures, understanding the relationship between refugee populations and political instability in host countries, and tracking public attitudes towards hosting refugee populations.

Keywords: forced migration; political violence; refugees (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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