Full Description
Involuntary migration occurs when there has been, or will be, a catastrophic change in people's environment and they have little or no choice but to relocate. Causes range from natural disasters to sociopolitical upheaval (war, revolution, pogrom) and even to planned changes (dams, atomic experimentation, urban renewal). Although there are excellent studies of specific instances of forced migration, this book is the first to address the broad scope of issues and the wide variety of contexts in which migration and resettlement schemes have occurred. The authors investigate the responses of dislocated people facing dislocation and resettlement and ask specifically: What are the common stresses of dislocation and resettlement? What are the patterns of individual and group reactions and strategies as people respond to the stresses and opportunities of relocation? What significant similarities and differences exist among situations of involuntary migration and how do these pressures relate to those faced by people who move voluntarily?
Contents
Introduction Involuntary Migration and Resettlement: Causes and Contexts -- Resettlement Due to Political Upheaval -- Self-Settled Rural Refugees in Africa: The Case of Angolans in Zambian Villages -- Women and Men as Refugees: Differential Assimilation of Angolan Refugees in Zambia -- Halfway to Nowhere: Vietnamese Refugees on Guam -- Vietnamese Refugee Resettlement: Denver, Colorado, 1975-1977 -- Resettlement Due to Natural Disasters -- Here There Is Life: The Social and Cultural Dynamics of Successful Resistance to Resettlement in Postdisaster Peru -- Pastoral Nomad Settlement in Response to Drought: The Case of the Kenya Somali -- Posthurricane Resettlement in Belize -- Resettlement as an Element of Planned Change -- Involuntary Migration and Government Policy: Population Displacement in South Africa -- The Fort McDowell Yavapai: A Case of Long-Term Resistance to Relocation -- A Reservation for the Nambiquara -- Resettlement in the Zande Development Scheme -- Favela Removal: The Eradication of a Lifestyle -- The Papaloapan Dam and Resettlement Project: Human Ecology and Health Impacts -- Conclusion -- From Welfare to Development: A Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of Dislocated People
