Refugees, Conflict and the Search for Belonging

Acknowledgements.- Map.- Introduction.- I. Overview of the field research and methodology.- II. Overview of the book.- 1. Conflict and displacement, citizenship and belonging: a framework for discussion.- I. Citizenship - belonging to a polity?.- II. (De)constructions of citizenship: a rights perspective.- III. Multiple forms of belonging.- IV. The politics of ethnicity.- V. Belonging and territory: the politics of autochthony.- VI. Forced migration and its linkages with notions of inclusion and exclusion.- 2. Living through exile: (not) belonging to a state.- I. National exclusion in exile.- Becoming Tanzanian?.- II. Reclaiming national belonging through return to Burundi?.- III. National exclusion through unresolved legacies of violence.- IV. National identity: an anecdote to violence.- V. Belonging to an un-functioning state?.- VI Conclusion.- 3. Living through exile: belonging to a state.- I. Staying in Tanzania: needing to belong locally.- II. Burundi: Restoring Social Contracts?.- III. Belonging in Eastern DRC's North Kivu province.- IV. Conclusion.- 4. Local and national belonging in exile: convergence or divergence?.- I. Congolese refugees in Rwanda.- II. The role of ethnicity.- No room for multiple forms of allegiance.- Tanzania - local and national belonging.- III. Burundi: still not belonging.- IV. Conclusion.- 5. Marginalised in Sudan, exiled from Sudan: Citizenship on the margins.- I. Citizenship and displacement in the context of Sudan.- Living in the capital.- Extending the logic of exclusion beyond the conflict zones.- Imposing exclusion.- A history of marginalisation reinforced by secession.- Resisting exclusion.- II. Belonging on the wrong side of the border.- Darfuris in South Sudan: IDPs, refugees, migrants or citizens?.- A war rooted in marginalisation.- What future in South Sudan?.- Evolving forms of identification.- Legal status or local belonging?.- Conclusion.- 6.

Dr. Lucy Hovil has sixteen years of experience conducting research amongst displaced and conflict-affected groups in East and Central Africa, first with the Refugee Law Project of Makerere University, Uganda, and then with the International Refugee Rights Initiative. She received her PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies, UK, in 2000, and is the Managing Editor of the International Journal of Transitional Justice.