Signe Gilen, Are Hovdenak, Rania Maktabi, Jon Pedersen and Dag Tuastad

Finding Ways

Palestinian Coping Strategies in Changing Enviroments

Sponsored by
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Contents

Preface

1.Introduction

2.The settings: The communities and their enviroment

Rashidiyya
Askar
Jordan: Wihdat and Baqa'a
Jordan: Amman
Differences and similarities

3.The formal relations to the states: Givens and strategies

A multifaceted legal category
The relationship between state and refugee
UNRWA's definition of registered Palestine refugees
Conclusion

4.The Construction of community

The establishment of communities
Camp and not camp
Social ties between refugges and hosts
Marriage patterns: marriage within the clan or outside
Conclusion

5.The economic adaptation

Strategies of adaption: combination of activities
The economic setting
Main Economic Concerns
Paid employment in host country

6.Conclusion

Appendix 1. Words and abbreviations

References

Fafo Report 177

© Forskningsstiftelsen Fafo 1994
ISBN 82-7422-135-2

Cover and layout: Jon S. Lahlum

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