The Lhotsampa People of Bhutan

This book provides insight into one of the world's quietest human rights abuses. The story of the Lhotsampa people of Bhutan describes their journey of coping and resilience, incorporating qualitative research undertaken in the refugee camps in Nepal and resettlement areas in Australia and elsewhere in the world.

The editor and authors deserve appreciation for their passion in researching a community on which there is an absolute lack of previous literature. this book is successful in communicating the painstaking details of the now global Lhotsampa community. An essential read, it deserves to be at the top of the table of human rights policy makers, sociologists, anthropologists, development studies experts and of course, those pursuing research on Gross National Happiness. (Rituparna Bhattacharyya, South Asia Research, Vol. 37 (1), February, 2017)

Autorentext
Prahlad Dahal, Cairns and Region Multicultural Association, Australia Asmita Dhittal, SAATH, Nepal Sarjoh Bah, Auburn Diversity Services Inc., Australia Devika Rai, Pokhara University, Nepal Jennifer Woods, Charles Sturt University, Australia Narayan Gopalkrishnan, James Cook University, Australia Om Dhungel, SEVA International, Australia

Inhalt

List of illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements

1. Who are Lhotsampa? What caused their flight from Bhutan?; Venkat Pulla
2. Around the time of crisis; Venkat Pulla & Prahlad Dahal
3. Life in refugee camps; Venkat Pulla & Prahlad Dahal
4. Human rights and inhuman wrongs: the year in review 1990, Bhutan; Venkat Pulla & Asmita Dhittal
5. Settling in Australia; Venkat Pulla & Sarjoh Bah
6. Resettlement perspectives of Bhutanese refugees: a place called home with future; Venkat Pulla & Devika Rai
7. Spiritualty, Coping and resilience of Lhotshampa; Jennifer Woods & Venkat Pulla
8. Beyond Cultural Competence: Working across cultures in a globalized world; Narayan Gopalkrishnan & Venkat Pulla
9. Settlement planning for refugees: Australia and US; Venkat Pulla & Om Dhungel
10. The concluding theme: Survival and resilience and spirituality; Venkat Pulla
    List of Contributors
    Index