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The Political Construction of Asylum

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Part of the book series: Migration, Minorities and Citizenship Series ((MMC))

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This chapter looks at the broader issue of the factors that underlie policies regarding asylum and refugees. It focuses on European and other industrialized countries mostly in the period following the Second World War.

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© 1996 Danièle Joly

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Joly, D. (1996). The Political Construction of Asylum. In: Haven or Hell?. Migration, Minorities and Citizenship Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230373969_2

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