Refugee-Led Organizations in Uganda : Agency, Gender, and Politics of Self-Organizing in Exile (Mcgill-queen's Refugee and Forced Migration Studies)

Krause, Ulrike/ Joshua, Gato Ndabaramiye/ Schmidt, Hannah

McGill-Queen's University Press（2026/04発売）

McGill-Queen's University Press（2026/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 348 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780228026952

Full Description

Self-organization plays an essential yet often overlooked role in the everyday lives of refugees in exile. By self-organizing, they challenge restrictions, claim political representation, foster social relations and belonging, and create ongoing economic opportunities.

While government authorities and aid organizations are supposed to provide protection and assistance, refugees often continue to face adversities, restrictions, and risks, prompting them to establish and maintain their own support systems. Refugee-Led Organizations in Uganda offers nuanced insight into the problems arising from the aid system and especially the significance of the spectrum of informal and formalized self-organizations. Ulrike Krause, Gato Ndabaramiye Joshua, and Hannah Schmidt draw on a gender-sensitive understanding of relational agency and situated knowledge and use empirical research in Uganda's camp Kyaka II and the capital, Kampala, to reveal how individuals collectively contribute to their own support in times of emergency and in everyday life.

Interwoven with reflections written by refugees in Uganda - Bengekya Mugay Gédéon, Noella Kabale, Paul, Janvier Hafasha, and Isreal Katembo, as well as the director of an LGBTQ+ refugee-led organization - the book centres on individuals' lived experiences of self-organization in exile.

Contents

Reflections Written by People with Lived Experience of Displacement vii
Acknowledgments ix
Abbreviations xiii

1 Self- Organizing in Exile: An Introduction 3

2 "We Combined Our Efforts": Approaching Refugees' Self- Organization Through the Concept of Agency 28

3 "Life Is Hard": Uganda's Refugee Regime, (Mis)Use of Refugee Groups, and Prevalent Challenges 57

4 "We Come Up with Solutions": (In)Visibility of Refugees' Formalized Self- Organization in Uganda's Refugee Regime 106

5 "We Live in a Group": Individuals, Social Support, and Everyday Self- Organization 148

6 "We Work Together": Self- Organization, Socio-Economic Strategies, and Prevailing Difficulties 203

7 Concluding Thoughts on the Relevance of and Risks for Refugees' Self- Organization 249

References 273
Index 311