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The Representation on Women in Local Politics (2005)
Journal Article
Rao, N. (2005). The Representation on Women in Local Politics. Policy & Politics: Advancing knowledge in public and social policy, 33(2), 323-339. https://doi.org/10.1332/0305573053870176

The under-representation of women in local politics has been debated for many years. While there is evidence to suggest that more women are now being elected to local authorities, they continue to face barriers to their entry and to their subsequent... Read More about The Representation on Women in Local Politics.

Ethical codes in humanitarian emergencies: from practice to research (2003)
Journal Article
Black, R. (2003). Ethical codes in humanitarian emergencies: from practice to research. Disasters, 27(2), 95-108. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-7717.00222

Notable strides have been made in recent years to develop codes of conduct for humanitarian intervention in conflicts on the part of international NGOs and UN organisations. Yet engagement by the academic and broader research communities with humanit... Read More about Ethical codes in humanitarian emergencies: from practice to research.

Breaking the convention: researching the 'illegal' migration of refugees to Europe (2003)
Journal Article
Black, R. (2003). Breaking the convention: researching the 'illegal' migration of refugees to Europe. Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, 35(1), 34-54. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8330.00301

The study of refugees by geographers and other social scientists is, almost by definition, framed around a series of legal categories, which provide us with more or less neat categories of types of involuntary migrants. Yet the process of migration e... Read More about Breaking the convention: researching the 'illegal' migration of refugees to Europe.

Conceptions of 'home' and the political geography of refugee repatriation: between assumption and contested reality in Bosnia-Herzegovina (2002)
Journal Article
Black, R. (2002). Conceptions of 'home' and the political geography of refugee repatriation: between assumption and contested reality in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Applied Geography, 22(2), 123-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0143-6228%2802%2900003-6

Recent years have seen growing recognition of the dynamic and negotiated nature of cultural identity, and the globalization of political and economic processes. However, assumptions about the rootedness of people in particular places retain a powerfu... Read More about Conceptions of 'home' and the political geography of refugee repatriation: between assumption and contested reality in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Refugees and transnationalism: the experience of Bosnians and Eritreans in Europe (2001)
Journal Article
Al-Ali, N., Black, R., & Koser, K. (2001). Refugees and transnationalism: the experience of Bosnians and Eritreans in Europe. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 7(4), 615-634. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691830120090412

The study of transnationalism has largely bypassed refugees, or in rare cases has focused specifically on their political activities. Proceeding from recent perspectives in international migration studies which suggest that there may be at best only... Read More about Refugees and transnationalism: the experience of Bosnians and Eritreans in Europe.

The limits to transnationalism: Bosnian and Eritrean refugees in Europe as emerging transnational communities (2001)
Journal Article
Al-Ali, N., Black, R., & Koser, K. (2001). The limits to transnationalism: Bosnian and Eritrean refugees in Europe as emerging transnational communities. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 24(4), 578-600. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870120049798

This article explores limitations on the concept of transnationalism, through examination of two empirical case studies of communities characterized by emerging transnational practices. Mirroring recent shifts of attention in studies of transnational... Read More about The limits to transnationalism: Bosnian and Eritrean refugees in Europe as emerging transnational communities.

Fifty years of refugee studies: from theory to policy (2001)
Journal Article
Black, R. (2001). Fifty years of refugee studies: from theory to policy. International Migration Review, 35(1), 55-78. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-7379.2001.tb00004.x

This article reviews the growth of the field of refugee studies, focusing on its links with, and impact on, refugee policy. The last fifty years, and especially the last two decades, have witnessed both a dramatic increase in academic work on refugee... Read More about Fifty years of refugee studies: from theory to policy.