Broschiertes Buch

Depoliticising Humanitarian Action

Paradigms, Dilemmas, Resistance

Herausgeber: Desportes, Isabelle; Siddiqi, Ayesha; Corbet, Alice

Beschreibung

Is it possible to separate humanitarian action from politics? Drawing on the expertise of practitioners and researchers, and balancing theoretical insights with empirical grounding, field examples and policy recommendations, this book is an essential guide to the thorny interplay between what are too often considered as separate worlds.

Autor

Isabelle Desportes is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre Marc Bloch, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany. Her research focuses on the (hidden) politics of disaster prevention and humanitarian response, including in authoritarian conflict settings. Alice Corbet is an anthropologist working for the French National Centre for Scientific Research. She does consulting work for non-governmental organisations and works on the issues of refugees and displaced persons, encampment, and humanitarian relations. Ayesha Siddiqi is an associate professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. Her research examines postcolonial geographies of disasters.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Humanitarian Studies
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9781032535098
• ISBN-10: 1032535091
• Artikelnr.: 70148159