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Author Hajj, Nadya, author.

Title Networked refugees : Palestinian reciprocity and remittances in the digital age / Nadya Hajj.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
©2021

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Description 1 online resource.
text file
Series Critical refugee studies ; 2
Critical refugee studies ; 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : cooperation and community building in catastrophe -- Mapping Palestinian ahl and hamula networks in analog and digital spaces -- Reciprocity, enforcement, and economic remittances -- Social remittances and the disruption of traditional norms and community leaders -- Reciprocal activism in networked spaces.
Summary "Almost 68.5 million refugees in the world today live in a protection gap, the chasm between protections stipulated in the Geneva Convention and the abrogation of those responsibilities by states and aid agencies. With dwindling humanitarian aid, how do refugee communities solve collective dilemmas, like raising funds for funeral services, or securing other critical goods and services? In Networked Refugees, Nadya Hajj finds that Palestinian refugees utilize Information Communication Technology platforms to motivate reciprocity-a cooperative action marked by the mutual exchange of favors and services-and informally seek aid and connection with their transnational diaspora community. Using surveys conducted with Palestinians throughout the diaspora, interviews with those inside the Nahr al Bared Refugee camp in Lebanon, and data pulled from online community spaces, these findings push back against the cynical idea that online organizing is fruitless, emphasizing instead the productivity of these digital networks"-- Provided by publisher.
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Subject Refugees, Palestinian Arab -- Social networks -- Lebanon.
Refugees, Palestinian Arab.
Social networks.
Lebanon.
Information technology -- Social aspects -- Lebanon.
Information technology -- Social aspects.
Emigrant remittances -- Lebanon.
Emigrant remittances.
Cooperation -- Lebanon.
Refugees, Palestinian Arab -- Lebanon -- Economic conditions.
Economic conditions.
Social Science / Refugees.
Technology & Engineering / Social Aspects.
Cooperation.
Social Science / Regional Studies.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Hajj, Nadya. Networked refugees Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021] 9780520383241 (DLC) 2021012046
ISBN 9780520383258 (epub)
0520383257
9780520383241 (paperback)