288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is the first comprehensive socio-legal study of the interrelation between gender and the law of refugee status. In the past decade, the issue has received increasing attention in academic writing, the media and the courtroom. This book contains an interdisciplinary analysis. The empirical data, collected for this study and not published previously, concerns Dutch asylum practice. The... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Female applicants in statistics and general policy; The construction of the female applicant in decision making; The construction of the female applicant in jurisprudence; Counter-strategies and the reaction of governments; Conclusions; Annexes; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Thomas Spijkerboer, Centre for Migration Law, Katholieke Universiteit, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
’...a remarkably well-researched and balanced analysis...goes beyond a simple analysis of the role of gender in the assessment of refugee status...an important new intellectual force in refugee law. ’ Professor James C. Hathaway, University of Michigan, USA ’This is the best book I have seen on the complex relationship between gender politics and asylum law...Crucial reading for scholars, activists and practitioners involved in immigration or asylum law, it should also be read by anyone interested in feminist theory in general or sophisticated feminist analysis in particular...’ Professor Francis E. Olsen, University of California, Los Angeles, USA '...a most illuminating study...will make a distinctive contribution to the field of refugee studies.' Feminist Legal Studies
