Displaced Lives and Displaced Policies: Welfare and the Modern State

Displaced Lives and Displaced Policies: Welfare and the Modern State offers a multidisciplinary engagement with the lived realities of displaced communities across continents while critically examining the structural and policy frameworks that shape their lives. The articles in this book clearly demonstrates that displacement reshapes that reshapes identities, relationships and temporalities and it is not a singular event but a continuum of ruptures, rebuilding and resilience. It interrogates the limits of existing refugee frameworks, the uneven application of international conventions and the ethical responsibilities of states beyond mere relief and cash compensation. With sustained attention to gendered experiences and community led responses, the volume contributes valuable insights for scholars and policymakers. Overall, this edited work stands as an important contribution to debates on forced human displacement, social justice and human dignity in a rapidly changing world. The book critically engages with the modern state, policy regimes and the questions of justice.