ABSTRACT
Exploring the evolution of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), this book fills a lacuna in literature on the agency.
UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees employs recent fieldwork in order to analyse challenges in programmes and service delivery, protection, camp governance, community participation, and camp improvement and reconstruction. The chapters examine the way UNRWA is adapting to a changing social, political and economic context, mostly within urban settings – a paradigmatic shift from understanding the Agency’s role as simply a provider of relief and services to one comprehensively supporting the human development of Palestinian refugees.
Examining the refugee debate using new disciplines and research frameworks, this collection aims to emphasise the centrality of the Palestinian refugee issue for Middle East peace-making and to contribute a better understanding of a unique agency. This book will be a useful aid for students and researchers with an interest in Middle East Studies, Politics, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|49 pages
Meeting challenges in programmes and service delivery
part II|41 pages
Protection
part III|35 pages
Governance
chapter 5|20 pages
From chaos to order and back
part IV|44 pages
Civic participation and community engagement
chapter 7|18 pages
From beneficiary to stakeholder
chapter 8|24 pages
Community participation and human rights advocacy
part V|74 pages
Camp improvement/reconstruction and community development
chapter 10|15 pages
Talbiyeh camp improvement project and the challenges of community participation
chapter 11|19 pages
Implementing the Neirab Rehabilitation Project
chapter 12|21 pages
The urban planning strategy in Al-Hussein Palestinian refugee camp in Amman
part VI|32 pages
Palestinian refugees and durable solutions