Refugee Resilience and Adaptation in the Middle East (eBook, ePUB)

Reclaiming Agency in the Informal Economies of Lebanon and Jordan
Redaktion: Al-Dajani, Haya; Yassin, Nasser; Baroud, Maysa

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This edited volume investigates how refugee communities in the Middle East have adapted to secure their livelihoods within the informal economy. It will be of interest to students, researchers, and professionals from across Middle East studies, refugee studies, informal labor economics, and development studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000866575
• Artikelnr.: 67589003

Autorenporträt

Haya Al-Dajani, PhD, is a professor of Entrepreneurship at the Mohammed Bin Salman College for Business and Entrepreneurship (MBSC) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Maysa Baroud is currently an independent researcher. Previously, she was a project coordinator and researcher within the Refugee Research and Policy Program at IFI, where she coordinated and contributed to the project leading to this edited volume. Nasser Yassin, PhD, is currently the Minister of Environment in Lebanon. He is also a professor of Policy and Planning at the American University of Beirut (on leave).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Refugee resilience, adaptation, and agency in Jordan and
Lebanon 2. Forced migration, resilience, and informal adaptive mechanisms
3. Informal livelihood strategies of Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon
4. A review of livelihoods policies and opportunities for Syrian refugees
in Lebanon and Jordan 5. Syrian refugees and Lebanon's agriculture sector
6. Informal livelihoods of Syrian refugee female heads of households in the
Bekaa Valley Camps in Lebanon 7. Syrian refugee micro-entrepreneurs in
Lebanon and Jordan 8. The livelihoods of the Bani Khalid tribe in Jordan,
Syria, and Lebanon after the 2011 Syria crisis 9. Conducting research with
Syrian refugees 10. Conclusion: Reflections and research directions