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The Politics of Humanitarianism
Power, Ideology and Aid
The Politics of Humanitarianism
Power, Ideology and Aid
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Humanitarian intervention has increasingly become the prevalent means of providing protection and aid at a global level. Yet alongside its success concerns have been raised that humanitarianism has increasingly become an economic enterprise and a political tool for controlling territories and governing international relations. In The Politics of Humanitarianism authors from a variety of disciplines provide a comprehensive critique of the humanitarian enterprise. How are those on the end of humanitarian action influenced by different epistemologies and applications of international law? What is the complex relationship between values - what humanitarian action is intended to be - and practice - what happens on the ground? Combining international case studies with critical theoretical evaluations, and including chapters on international aid, refugees, childhood and women's rights, The Politics of Humanitarianism offers a timely and critical analysis of the contemporary humanitarian system.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Antonio De Lauri
2. Governing the Crisis: A Critical Genealogy of Humanitarian Intervention
Mariella Pandolfi and Philip Rousseau
3. Humanitarianism as Pretext: Defining what is Moral and Just
Laura Nader and Robin Savinar
4. Humanitarian Theatre: Normality and the Carnivalesque in Afghanistan
Julie Billaud and Antonio De Lauri
5. 'I'm doing it for myself!': The Aggressive Promotion of the Individual Self as the Dark Side of
Women's Rights
Elisabetta Grande
6. Batoto wa Maria: Humanitarianism, the Provincial State, Missionaries and the Concept of Childhood in the
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Edoardo Quaretta
7. The Politics of International Aid: The Impact of Local Politics and International Priorities on
Aid Allocation in Yemen
Alexandra Lewis
8. A Sovereign for All: The Management of Refugees as Nation-State Politics
Sophie Hoffmann
Index
Product details
| Published | 18 Dec 2014 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 192 |
| ISBN | 9781780768304 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Dimensions | 0 x 0 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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