Arguing and justifying: assessing the convention refugees' choice of moment, motive, and host country

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- Introduction -- 1 Interpreting Refugee Discourse: From Discourse Analysis to Inter-Cultural Communication -- 2 Claimants from the Former Soviet Union: From European Standards to the American Dream -- 3 Claimants from Israel: A Threat to the Jewish Identity? -- 4 Claimants from Peru: Persecution in "America" and Flight to Canada -- 5 Claimants from Pakistan: The Constraints of State Intervention -- 6 Conclusion: Theorizing the Obstacles to Female Claims -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1: Questionnaire Used for this Research -- Appendix 2: Profile of Claimants -- Appendix 3: Refugee Organizations and Document Centres -- Index