Strangers to Neighbours: Refugee Sponsorship in Context

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figure And Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Private Refugee Sponsorship: An Evolving Frameworkfor Refugee Resettlement -- Part One Context -- 1 Reluctant Partnership: A Political History Of Private Sponsorship In Canada (1947-1980) -- 2 Naming Refugees In The Canadian Private Sponsorship Of Refugees Program: Diverse Intentions And Consequences -- 3 How Should We Think About Private Sponsorship Of Refugees? -- 4 A Port In The Storm: Resettlement And Private Sponsorship In The Broader Contextof The Refugee Regime -- Part Two Cases 5 Religious Heritage, Institutionalized Ethos, And Synergies: The Mennonite Central Committee And Canada's Private Sponsorship Of Refugees Program -- 6 Operation Ezra: A New Way Forward -- 7 The Blended Visa Office-referred Program: Perspectives And Experiences From Rural Nova Scotia -- 8 Refugee Sponsorship In The Age Of Social Media: Canada And The Syrian Refugee Program -- Part Three Challenges -- 9 Kindred Spirits? Links Between Refugee Sponsorship And Family Sponsorship -- 10 Transactions Of Worth In Refugee-host Relations 11 Mobilization Of The Legal Community To Support Psr Applications Through The Refugee Sponsorship Support Program -- 12 Judicial Review In Canada's Refugee Resettlement Program -- Part Four Comparison -- 13 Doing Something To Fight Injustice: Voluntarism And Refugee Resettlement As Political Engagement In The United States -- 14 Private Humanitarian Sponsorship: Searching For The Community In Australia's Community Refugee Sponsorship Program -- 15 A Model For The World? Policy Transfer Theory And The Challenges To Exporting Private Sponsorship To Europe Conclusion: Sponsorship's Success And Sustainability? -- Contributors -- Index Edited By Shauna Labman And Geoffrey Cameron. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. New York Available Via World Wide Web.