title: How nation-states create and respond to refugee flows.
abstract: "The ideal type of political organization is the nation-state, which leads to a presumption of state legitimacy when the state represents a community, based on ethnic origin or shared political values, that claims a right to persist. A nation-state tends to produce forced migration for three reasons: it contains more than one nation; the populace disagrees about the structure of the state or economy; or the state implodes due to the lack of resources. This paper elaborates a theory of refugee production and policy formation based on the dynamics of the nation-state. It concludes by addressing international refugee policy and practice in light of this theory and political changes following the end of the cold war."
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D011056:Political Systems; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012036:Refugees; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Demographic Factors; International Migration; Migrants; Migration; Migration Policy; Policy; Political Factors; Political Systems; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Refugees; Social Policy; World