The genealogy of a political concept 'Refugee' or the Europeanization of the world system

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Why do we speak about refugees or migrant? Following up an investigation around the use of the notion, this chapter shows how qualifying somebody as a refugee meant recognizing his or her community as potential people, that a autonomous body politics. This qualification depends on sectarian and racial criteria.

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