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Migrations in Jordan: reception policies and settlement strategies, ed. by Jalal Al Husseini, Valentina Napolitano and Norig Neveu. I. B. Tauris, 2024
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Asian and Middle Eastern studies.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3591-741x
2025 (English)In: ChoiceReviews, ISSN 0009-4978, Vol. 62, no 5Article, book review (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Long the destination for uprooted peoples in the broader Middle East, Jordan’s complex history of accommodating refugees regularly requires scholarly attention. Initially a dumping ground for Britain’s Palestinian victims and later for refugees from Iraq to Syria and beyond, Jordan today hosts upwards of three million refugees. It is from this dynamic setting of accommodation and the resulting political crises that this excellent volume intervenes. With multiple contributors casting a long historic light on the capacities of the state to manage each wave of refugees, the resulting exposé of policies expands readers' understanding of the complexities of constant adjustment. The important findings from this volume take place over three sections. The first includes contributions on how Jordanian officials work with international organizations to assimilate large numbers of refugees into the country’s exploitative labor markets and the more difficult task of shaping how refugees fend for themselves during long periods of funding scarcity. The final two sections reflect on the resulting attempts by various groups of refugees to organize their lives in camps and new neighborhoods of cities by way of solidarity communities, providing valuable insights for readers to better understand the modern Middle East more generally. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals.

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2025. Vol. 62, no 5
Keywords [en]
Migration, Middle East, Refugees, Jordan, Settlement
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Political Science
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Cultural Anthropology; Demography; Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-233926OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-233926DiVA, id: diva2:1902445
Available from: 2024-10-01 Created: 2024-10-01 Last updated: 2024-10-02Bibliographically approved

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