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Book/Printed Material Networked refugees : Palestinian reciprocity and remittances in the digital age

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Title

  • Networked refugees : Palestinian reciprocity and remittances in the digital age

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.

Names

  • Hajj, Nadya, author

Created / Published

  • Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
  • ©2021

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.

Headings

  • -  Cooperation--Lebanon
  • -  Emigrant remittances--Lebanon
  • -  Information technology--Social aspects--Lebanon
  • -  Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Social networks--Lebanon
  • -  Refugees, Palestinian Arab--Lebanon--Economic conditions

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HV640.5.P36

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021012047

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  • Unrestricted online access

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Hajj, Nadya, Author. Networked refugees: Palestinian reciprocity and remittances in the digital age. [Oakland, California: University of California Press, ©, 2021] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021012047/.

APA citation style:

Hajj, N. (2021) Networked refugees: Palestinian reciprocity and remittances in the digital age. [Oakland, California: University of California Press, ©] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2021012047/.

MLA citation style:

Hajj, Nadya, Author. Networked refugees: Palestinian reciprocity and remittances in the digital age. [Oakland, California: University of California Press, ©, 2021] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2021012047/>.