ABSTRACT
Chapter 3 proposes categorizations and models for comparative analysis of refugee migration governance, based on global examples. It first categorizes policy fields and actors of refugee governance, and then introduces the meta-governance theory to analyse fields and actors in a unified manner by also focusing on changes. This chapter then proceeds to propose two original independent but complementary models: a multi-pattern and multi-stage model, a central contribution of this work. The multi-pattern model theorizes variations within and across the national refugee governance(s), while the multi-stage model theorizes temporal changes within national refugee governance. Two models are explained by drawing examples mainly from governance in the countries hosting a large number of refugees. Chapter 3 also proposes an explanatory typology on drivers of refugee governance in a new section. Such a typology is highly needed given the fact that factors shaping refugee governance are complex and manifold. The typology of explanations includes international politics, national security/politics and an economy-development explanation, based on examples across the world.
