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Unsettled families : refugees, humanitarianism, and the politics of kinship /

"How the family unit exists simultaneously as a focus of humanitarian compassion and of securitized suspicion. Against the backdrop of the global refugee crisis, Unsettled Families investigates the parameters that Global North governments and international humanitarian organizations use to clas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Balakian, Sophia (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2025]
Series:Stanford studies in human rights.
Subjects:
United States Refugee Admissions Program.
Refugee families > Government policy > United States.
Refugees > Family relationships > United States.
Refugees > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Humanitarianism > Political aspects > United States.
Kinship > Political aspects > United States.
Familles réfugiées > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Réfugiés > Relations familiales > États-Unis.
Parenté > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Electronic books.
Table of Contents:
  • The figure of the fraudulent refugee
  • Selling cases and eating money
  • Mending broken bones
  • Testing DNA and transforming kin
  • Resettled families in an age of global security.