Rationalities and refugee resettlement

Through an analysis of interviews with authorities and programmatic statements, changes in Canadian refugee resettlement since the 1970s are examined. The prevalence of community, the dominance of the partnership as a form of association, and movement of responsibility for resettlin refugees out of the State, in a variety of ways, is consistent with a shift to advanced liberalism. The character of teh practices of mostly Christian organizations, however, shows a pastoral rationality is also present. This has important implications for governmentality studies.