Abdelaaty talks to New Books Network about her book "Discrimination and Delegation"

June 8, 2021

The New Books Network

Lamis Abdelaaty

Political Science Department

Campbell Public Affairs Institute

International Agreements

Refugees

The New Books Network

Lamis Abdelaaty

Lamis Abelaaty, assistant professor of political science, spoke with the New Books Network about her recently published book "Discrimination and Delegation: Explaining State Responses to Refugees" (Oxford University Press, 2021). Abdelaaty develops a two-part theoretical framework in which policymakers in refugee-receiving countries weigh international and domestic concerts. At the international level, policymakers consider relations with the refugee-sending country. At the domestic level policymakers consider political competition among ethnic groups. When these international and domestic incentives conflict, shifting responsibility to the U.N. allows policymakers to placate both refugee-sending countries and domestic constituencies. In short, foreign policy and ethnic identity shapes states’ reactions to refugees.