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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"Syrian Refugees"”.
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Survival Strategies of Syrian Refugees in Jordan
I examined how Syrian refugees in Jordan use informal communication networks to cope with restrictive socio-economic and legal conditions. Based on 11 semi-structured interviews with Syrian refugees in Jordan, I uncovered how wasta (an informal practice rooted in family and communal bonds) and …
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Water security in refugee host communities: Syrian refugees in Jordan
… to analyze the environmental impact of the Syrian refugee influx from 2013 onward on the Amman Wadi As-Sir aquifer in the northern region of Jordan. I then show that, given model assumptions, agricultural producers in the Jordanian Highlands experience negative welfare effects as the …
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Syrian Refugees' Access to Education in Lebanon: Obstacles to Implementation
… the civil war in Syria, an estimated 11 million Syrians have fled their homes. The conflict within Syria dramatically increased population flows to neighboring countries, especially Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon. Of these, Lebanon hosts the largest per capita number of Syrian refugees with over 1 …
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Reducing Vulnerability through Reintegration: The Case of the Syrian Refugees in Jordan.
<p>Abstract: The Syrian Civil War has claimed at least two hundred thousand lives, with over four million people having now fled Syria. Of those, about six hundred thousand have registered with the UNHCR in Jordan, with an estimated eighty thousand others living in Jordan’s Zaatari Camp. In view of …
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Social and Cultural Integration Process Among Syrian Refugees in the United States
… cultural and social integration process among Syrian refugees in the United States, and to what extent the direct and indirect challenges have played a role in the process of their social and cultural integration. The challenges include, but are not limited to, cultural conflicts, religious …
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Muslim Brothers or Overstaying Guests? The Reception of Syrian Refugees in Southeastern Turkey
<p>This thesis contextualizes the Syrian refugee issue in Turkey with an analysis of history and political discourse, and data drawn from a fieldwork conducted in Şanlıurfa, Turkey in 2015. The Islamist ruling party has staged a warm welcome for Syrian refugees. Their refugee regime, however, has …
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The Politics of Security: Syrian Refugees in the Middle East and Western Europe
… governments view and respond to the arrival of refugees primarily as a security threat? Comparatively analyzing the securitization of Syrian refugees in two pairs of countries, Turkey and Lebanon and Germany and France, this dissertation proposes a domestic political context-based theory and …
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Cash is not enough: child discipline, humanitarian assistance, and Syrian refugees in Lebanon
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-11-15 without embargo terms
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Multidimensional Strategies of Boundary-drawing towards Syrian Refugees in the Turkish Informal Market Economy
… boundaries are drawn in multiple forms towards Syrians refugees in Turkey’s informal market economy. Employing the case of Turkey as a new immigration country, the thesis provides a multidimensional analysis of boundary-drawing in relation to refugees. This study reveals how distinct framing …
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The Making of a 'Crisis': Syrian Refugees and the Politics of Health in Jordan
… agendas appears to be accelerating. From the Syrian ‘refugee crisis’ in Europe in 2015, to the outbreak of Ebola, the Zika virus and, more recently, Covid-19, attempts at tackling these ‘crises’ have not only conflated cross-border mobility with illness and disease, but have also served as a …
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Stories of Disablement and Displacement - Experiences of Syrian Refugees and their Families: A Qualitative Narrative Research Inquiry
… marginalized (Dossa, 2013). I interviewed ten Syrian families to provide a glimpse into the narratives of disabled Syrian refugees and the material and social conditions that shape their experiences. The stories of these ten families led to fourteen themes of disablement and displacement. …
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The mental health and resilience among Syrian refugees who are living in the UK. (A qualitative study).
The conflict and war in Syrian have been ongoing for eleven years, and many people have left their country and had to adjust in their resettlement countries with their new destinations. These people, without any doubt, are making serious journeys by either land or sea to protect their lives …
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Shaping Responses to Terrorism, Muslims, and Syrian Refugees: The Role of Right-Wing Adherence and News Media Exposure
… hold more anti-Muslim attitudes, disapprove of Syrian refugees in their country, are more concerned about terrorism, and endorse military action to combat ISIS (Islamist terrorist group). Past research suggests that media shapes attitudes generally; however, the role of news media in explaining …
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Reflecting on urban resilience based on analyses of al-Zaa’tari Camp for Syrian refugees in al-Mafraq, Jordan
… the unprecedented and ever-growing number of refugees in the twenty-first century and the issues related to spaces of refuge, now reaching 66 million people, and a roughly estimated seventeen years as the average length of refugees’ stay in a camp, can we still manage these populations from an …
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Between the State and the ‘State of Exception’: Syrian Refugee Governance in Lebanon
The plight of refugees is often framed as an ‘emergency’ or as a moment of ‘crisis,’ rooted in temporariness and requiring unique systems of governance. Such a framing obscures practices and measures governing refugees, which are part and parcel of ‘normal’ and ‘ordinary’ politics. Challenging the …
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The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Rhetorical Analysis of President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and President Donald J. Trump’s Political Discourse About Syrian Refugees
… to sixteen texts of political discourse about Syrian refugees from three rhetors; President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and President Donald J. Trump. As the Syrian refugee crisis continues to grow, political leaders and citizens around the world debate the appropriate way to provide aid to …
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Examining the Acculturation Experiences of Syrian Refugee Emerging Adults in the United States of America
<p>Refugees are vulnerable populations who experience premigration traumatic events and postmigration acculturation stress. While research on immigrant mental health issues has been plentiful, there has been a clear lacuna of scholarly investigation into the acculturation experiences of Syrian …
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The Syrian Refugee Crisis and the Lebanese State Identity — The Impact of the Syrian Refugee Crisis on the Lebanese State Identity Through Discourse and Actions (2005-2020)
… are perceived as a threat. But following the Syrian conflict that started in 2011, Lebanon became the host for 1,5 million of Syrian refugees, making it one of the countries with the highest rates of refugee per capita in the world. The following thesis examines how has the Syrian refugee …
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