The Search for Home Among Forced Migrants and Refugees: People on the Move

This book explores the role of ＂home＂ in the lives of displaced people, including voluntary and forced migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced people, and temporary workers.

For displaced people, home is something lost, longed for, and sometimes found anew. It is a community of people in an environment of relationships and a physical dwelling that provide a sense of safety, security, hope, and belonging. Much of the efforts of refugees, migrants and exiles are devoted to rebuilding a home, through a combination of personal effort and collaboration with the political and social environment of the host community. Aguirre and Argandoña bring together an interdisciplinary collection of contributors to analyse these challenges through the lenses of economics, law, sociology, psychology, communications, management and political science. The book offers numerous suggestions for assistance aimed not only at the short-term problems of displaced people, but also at ensuring their human dignity.

This volume will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of the sociology of migration and of public policy related to the handling of migrants.

Maria Sophia Aguirre is an Ordinary Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the Catholic University of America.

Antonio Argandoña is an Emeritus Professor of Economics and Business Ethics at the IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain.