Humanitarians on the frontier : identity and access along the borders of power /
Humanitarians on the Frontier examines the reasons behind accusations of dysfunctional humanitarian identities and the loss of space for impartial action. Through a combination of practical examples in case studies from the field with a theoretical and philosophical approach to questions of voluntar...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2022]
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| Summary: | Humanitarians on the Frontier examines the reasons behind accusations of dysfunctional humanitarian identities and the loss of space for impartial action. Through a combination of practical examples in case studies from the field with a theoretical and philosophical approach to questions of voluntary service, community and identity, it reconsiders the exceptional discourse that constructs these identities and drives humanitarian response in environments of complex emergency. By recognizing both the strength and the limits of its social and political agency, Humanitarians on the Frontier presents opportunities for the construction of a less exceptional space, or 'niche', within the humanitarian sector, where the politics is around one of an ordinary humanitarian society instead of an ordered humanitarian system--back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 233 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-215) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781538151037 1538151030 |