Machine generated contents note: 1.Now That the Cold War Is Over, Who Is a Refugee? -- 2.US Refugee Policy in the Age of Genocide -- 3.Refuge in the National Security State -- 4.The New Asylum Seekers.
Summary:
This volume examines the geopolitical and domestic interests that have shaped US refugee and asylum policy since 1989. In the post-Cold War era, policymakers consider a wider range of populations as potentially eligible for refuge: victims of civil unrest, trafficking, and gender and sexuality-based discrimination.