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The importance of social capital in protracted displacement

Forced migration review, 2018-02 (57), p.28-30 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development Feb 2018 ;ISSN: 1460-9819 ;EISSN: 2051-3070

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  • Title:
    The importance of social capital in protracted displacement
  • Author: Uzelac, Ana ; Meester, Jos ; Goransson, Markus ; van den Berg, Willem
  • Subjects: anniversary ; Cost control ; Employers ; Employment ; forced migration ; Households ; IDP ; internal displacement ; International relations ; Intervention ; Middle East ; migration ; Public finance ; refugee ; Refugees ; Resilience ; Social capital ; Social interaction ; Social networks ; stateless ; Syria crisis ; Syrian conflict
  • Is Part Of: Forced migration review, 2018-02 (57), p.28-30
  • Description: Uzelac et al cite that by understanding the role that social capital plays in the lives of Syrian refugees in Lebanon -- how it is created, sustained, converted and what happens when it breaks down -- we hope to generate discussion about ways to further tailor assessments, targeting and programming in this and other situations of protracted displacement. Through a series of focus group discussions held among refugees across Lebanon and follow-up interviews in selected communities we aimed to capture the state of the four key 'capitals' at refugees' disposal: material, financial, social and human. Although generally these resources were in decline, refugees were in some cases managing to create significant new social capital. That social capital is in many cases their most important asset in protracted displacement. In situations where social capital is almost depleted, we would advise agencies to ensure that assistance is made available until households build up sufficient capacity to resume normal social interactions, and replenish their social capital to the point where it can be converted into sufficient in-group support. We believe it would also be worthwhile to develop and pilot intervention strategies that build on existing in-group social capital in order to ensure the resilience of a wider social network of refugee households.
  • Publisher: Oxford: Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Development
  • Language: English;Arabic
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1460-9819
    EISSN: 2051-3070
  • Source: Freely Accessible Journals
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