Pasha, Suraina (2021) Humanitarianism, securitization, and containment in Jordan's Za'atari Refugee Camp. British Journal of Sociology, 72 (4). 1141 - 1155. ISSN 0007-1315
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Through a case study on Za'atari, the largest Syrian refugee camp in Jordan, this paper critically explores a contemporary example of intersection between local and global humanitarian and securitization processes in refugee governance. The paper argues that Syrian refugees have been subjected to humanitarian care and securitized treatment, with their construction in terms of potential threat to State security interests spiking in correlation with insecurities over the expansion of the “Islamic State” (IS). The paper tracks the suit of measures implemented by the host Jordanian State, with the support of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), to produce docile refugee subjects of “humanitarian government” in a closed camp. It notes how the UNHCR invariably augments and extends the remit of Jordanian State power at the expense of refugee rights, in the name of ensuring refugee and aid worker security and the effectiveness of the aid operation. The camp plays a critical role in a performative politics of containment targeting local and global audiences.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Funding Information: The author thanks the three anonymous reviewers who commented on an earlier version of this paper; the London School of Economics (LSE), where this paper was written; the University of Sydney, which supervised the original doctoral study; and above all else, God. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 London School of Economics and Political Science Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved. |
| Divisions: | Sociology |
| Date Deposited: | 07 May 2024 14:18 |
| Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 22:36 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/122967 |
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