The Way Out
Justice in the Queer Search for Refuge
$45.60
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
21 March 2026
Summary
The global refugee regime has shifted under our feet. Over the last forty years, the international system of asylum has expanded to include the queer and trans displaced. At least thirty-seven states accept LGBTIQ refugees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, with some countries providing specialized support. And yet, despite this expansion, there is growing backlash against refugee protection as well as the hard-earned rights of LGBTIQ people. While the refugee regime has e…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780520391765 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0520391764 |
| Author: | Rebecca Buxton, Samuel Ritholtz |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 21 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 338g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
Critics Review
“Addressed to scholars of human rights, migration, political philosophy, gender studies, and international law, yet remains accessible to non-specialist readers thanks to its strong narrative dimension. A significant contribution… . It combines political theory, lived experience, and critique of international institutions with unusual coherence.”
* Pianeta Libri News *“A trenchant analysis of the forces surrounding queer displacement.”
* Kirkus Reviews *“It calls on scholars to revisit their prior assumptions, to think about asylum beyond what it is and, more fundamentally, in terms of what it ought to be. It is also a reminder that one can write work that is stylistically engaging, theoretically precise and politically committed.”
“It brings feminist and queer theory to bear on a field still organized around an implicitly cisgender, heterosexual refugee… . The Way Out succeeds as a model of theory grounded in life, making a persuasive case that attending to those at the regime’s margins reveals truths about its failures as a whole.”
Rebecca Buxton
Rebecca Buxton is Lecturer in Social and Political Philosophy at the University of Bristol.
Samuel Ritholtz is Research Fellow in Politics at All Souls College, University of Oxford.
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