Betts, Alexander, 1980-

The United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) the politics and practice of refugee protection / [electronic resource] : Alexander Betts, Gil Loescher and James Milner. - 2nd ed. - Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2012. - xxv, 191 p. : ill., maps. - Routledge global institutions series ; 62 . - Global institutions series ; 62. .

Rev. and expanded ed. of: UNHCR. 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The origins of international concern for refugees -- 2. UNHCR in the Cold War, 1950-91 -- 3. UNHCR in the post-Cold War era -- 4. The politics and practice of UNHCR's mandate -- 5. UNHCR as a global institution -- 6. New challenges.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9780203146651 (e-book : PDF)


Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.


Refugees--Government policy.
Refugees--International cooperation.


Electronic books.