Suchergebnisse

Are Knudsen ; Title from title screen as viewed on June 26, 2003 ; Includes bibliographical references ; Also available in print

More than four million Palestinian refugees live in protracted exile across the Middle East. Taking a regional approach to Palestinian refugee exile and alienation across the Levant, this book proposes a new understanding of the spatial and political dimensions of refugee camps across the Middle East.Combining critical scholarship with ethnographic insight, the essays uncover host states' marginalisation of stateless refugees and shed light on new terminology on refugees, migration and diaspora studies. The impact on the refugee community is detailed in novel studies of refuge.

Compares goals, design, implementation, and outcomes of a program, organized by a non-governmental organization, the Norwegian Refugee Council, promoting employment of refugee male artisans in Pakistan, to one offering training in non-traditional skills to women refugees in Malawi; 1980s-90s.

AbstractThis study found size economies in Iowa school districts. An asymmetric U‐shaped cost curve provided the best fit. Costs were minimized at $2,952 per pupil and 2,442 pupils, but most size economies—within $100 per pupil—were achieved at 800 to 900 pupils. Implications for school reorganization were discussed.