Publisher's Synopsis
A comparative study examining the experience and identity of individuals in two refugee groups living in London. Based upon ethnographic fieldwork, it is an original contribution to the study of cultural identity, difference and political organization within refugee communities. its central concern is the degree to which the individual refugee experience is determined by broader political and cultural processes which occur between the boundaries of home and the country of settlement. Current debates on the nature of ethnicity, cultural identity and Diaspora are shown to have a particular relevance to the study of refugees in countries of exile. The book concludes that the increased profile of refugees in international and domestic politics raises important issues about the ethics and politics of recognition, as the boundaries of the nation-state are increasingly eroded by the forces of globalization.
