Flight from Violence: The Origins and Implications of the World Refugee Crisis

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The recent growth of refugees has created a global social problem rooted in international political and economic relations. Permanent solutions will therefore require changes in the international system as well as domestic reforms in less developed countries. This paper examines the growth and prospects of this world refugee crisis. First, we trace the growth of refugees to the interaction of civil wars, severe state repression and international wars in less developed countries. We then look at the “root causes” of these conflicts, tracing them to a combination of “weak” neo-patrimonial exclusionary states, state-building processes, ethnic competition in post-colonial states, economic peripheralization and political dependence on world powers. Permanent solutions will require a series of domestic reforms in less developed countries as well as the reduction of international inequality and the creation of international institutions to regulate inter-state conflicts and protect basic human rights.

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