{"product_id":"broadening-the-edges-9789041104809","title":"Broadening the Edges","description":"This ground-breaking volume brings the refugee issue out of the narrow confines of refugee law into the centre of international law and international  relations. It reviews the concept of the refugee and the international  protection of refugees from the unconventional angle of the prospects and  limitations of multilateralism in the post Cold War era. This approach  - taking conflict prevention and resolution as its point of departure - ensures that \u003ci\u003eBroadening the Edges: Refugee Definition and \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eInternational Protection Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e is not only novel, but comprehensive  and practical as well. \u003cbr\u003eIt is comprehensive because it offers a review of state practice within the United Nations and regional contexts, as well as a review of the practice of  the United Nations inter-agency system. It is practical because it is based on the personal experience of its author, not on theoretical models. The  broadening concept of security, affecting the attitudes of states towards  refugees, is the underlying theme of the book. As a result, the contemporary preoccupation with how best to provide international protection to all those in need of it is reviewed from a number of relevant perspectives - including that of peacekeeping, sanctions, and coordination and competence within the United Nations. \u003cbr\u003ePirkko Kourula worked for some twelve years in UNHCR in Asia, Europe  and the USA, and was Deputy Director of UNHCR Liaison Office at United  Nations Headquarters in New York from 1991 to 1996. She was also  Director for Humanitarian Assistance and Food Aid at FINNIDA, the  Finnish International Development Agency, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.","brand":"Pirkko Kourula","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48310351298811,"sku":"9789041104809","price":331.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9789041104809.jpg?v=1772491584","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/broadening-the-edges-9789041104809","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}