Rethinking Displacement: Asia Pacific Perspectives

’Displacement is the scandal of the closing decades of the last century and the beginning of the new one. Human rights activists, humanitarian agencies, policy makers, development experts, and government planners are struggling to cope with the problem of displacement. Part of the reason behind the apparent intractability of the issue is a lack of concrete analysis of the various causes and forms of displacement. This collection of essays not only manages to fill the need, by bringing in the perspective of the new global order, it manages to tell us a different story of the Asian Century. The victims of accumulation - the displaced - are put squarely at the centre of the Asian story of economy and progress. Rethinking Displacement: Asia Pacific Perspectives is must read for critical social scientists and developmental specialists of our time.’ Ranabir Samaddar, Director, Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, India 'As a whole, the book should be welcomed by migration expert communities as it opens into a new venture of research investigation and invites the rethinking of displacement.' Asian and Pacific Migration Journal 'Rethinking Displacement: Asia Pacific Perspectives not only ’challenge(s) the compartmentalized treatment of displacement that we are becom­ing accustomed to’ (p. 26), but also provides insights into the displacement and the corresponding countermeasures in different contexts. This collection of essays would be very useful for academics, human rights activists, graduate students and policy makers in the field of social anthropology, development studies, displace­ment studies and Asia Pacific studies.' Journal of South Asian Development '... displacement and rehabilitation in the current global situation stands completely unbalanced in favour of neo-liberal economic fundamentalism. The present work addresses several of these concerns and compels us to rethink the current concept of development with theoretical insight and rigour.' Contemp