Refugee determination : power and resistance in systems of foucauldian power
By: HARDY, Cynthia.
Material type: ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, September 2003Administration & Society 35, 4, p. 462-488Abstract: This article examines the dynamics of power in refugee determination systems in three countries. It challenges both the view that determinations systems encompass rational decision-making processes and the critical view that sees determination procedures as an instrument of the state. It argues that if we use a Foucauldian analysis of power, we are better placed to understand how refugee systems work and understand the implications for different actors in these systemsThis article examines the dynamics of power in refugee determination systems in three countries. It challenges both the view that determinations systems encompass rational decision-making processes and the critical view that sees determination procedures as an instrument of the state. It argues that if we use a Foucauldian analysis of power, we are better placed to understand how refugee systems work and understand the implications for different actors in these systems
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