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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The way home: Peaceful return of victims of ethnic cleansing |
Author: | Stefanovic, D. Loizides, N. |
Citation: | Human Rights Quarterly: a comparative and international journal of the social sciences, humanities and law, 2011; 33(2):408-430 |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
ISSN: | 0275-0392 1085-794X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Djordje Stefanovic & Neophytos Loizides |
Abstract: | This article examines how the right of return is negotiated and implemented in post-conflict societies. It focuses on cases of voluntary yet difficult returns and identifies the conditions under which victims of ethnic cleansing choose to return despite opposition from new occupants and hostile local [End Page 408] authorities. The article provides a theoretical framework for the study of return and examines the importance of security provisions, material incentives, contact, and ideology. Drawing on the experiences of Bosnian (Drvar) and Cypriot (Maronite) returnees, it emphasizes the role of social capital as manifested through refugee organizations and demonstrates how community effort resolves coordination and commitment problems, thereby facilitating a voluntary peaceful return. |
Rights: | © 2011 by The Johns Hopkins University Press |
DOI: | 10.1353/hrq.2011.0029 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hrq.2011.0029 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 8 Gender Studies and Social Analysis publications |
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