Disposable People?; The Plight of Refugees
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1992. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xx, 347, [1] pages. Foreword by Mrs. Sadako Ogata. Illustrations. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Judith Ann Mayotte (born January 25, 1937) is an American humanitarian, author, theologian, producer, former Catholic religious sister, ethicist, and university professor. In 1976 earned a doctorate in theology at Marquette University. In 1982 she joined Turner Broadcasting as Senior Researcher and a producer for the Emmy and Peabody Award winning documentary series Portrait of America. In 1985 she won an Emmy for writing and producing the "Washington" segment of the series. It was during this time that Mayotte found herself drawn, inexplicably, she says, to refugee work. Mayotte applied for and received a grant from the MacArthur Foundation to write a book about refugees. In 1989, at age 51, she embarked on two years of living alone in Eritrea, Sudan, Pakistan, Thailand, and Cambodia. Her book, Disposable People? The Plight of Refugees, was published in 1992. Faced with stagnation and total dependency, the refugees' lives have been shattered, yet their hope remains alive--as do their dreams of returning home. Why are there refugees? Who are they? What is their fate? Refugees from war and persecution - an estimated 18 million people - can be found on all the inhabitable continents. Most flee from poverty-stricken lands to other lands just as desperately poor. Judy Mayotte lived among refugee peoples: staying in their make-shift homes, sharing their food, running with them to escape shelling, listening to their stories. Her family became the "long-term" displaced. She tells their stories, and their countries' tortured histories, sharing their lives, and bringing home the immensity of their struggles. Disposable People? describes the geopolitics, the economics, and the social conflicts that propel people into flight from their homelands. Disposable People? drives home the simple point that the world community must be aware and involved in constructive responses to the "refugee problem." It is imperative not only in monetary terms - building peace is less costly by far than waging war - but in terms of our shared humanity as well. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: Refugees, Humanitarian Assistance, Displaced Persons, Khmer Rouge, Eritrea, Internally Displaced, UNHCR, Pol Pot, Border Camps, Sadako Ogata, Repatriation, Land Mines, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Massawa
ISBN: 0883448394
[Book #77486]
Price: $45.00