“A refugee is someone who refused to be oppressed”: Self-Survival Strategies of Congolese Young People in Uganda
Drawing on Ruth Lister’s conceptual approach to agency, this paper shows how Congolese young people in refugee contexts in Uganda ‘get by’, ‘get (back) at’, ‘get out’, and/or ‘get organized’. These purposeful responses to violence and structural constraints contrast with dominant discourses about re...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centre for Security Governance
2014-03-01
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Series: | Stability : International Journal of Security and Development |
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Online Access: | http://www.stabilityjournal.org/article/view/208 |