The politics of humanitarianism :  power, ideology and aid / 
edited by Antonio De Lauri. 
 - ix, 177 pages ;  24 cm. 
 - International library of human geography ;  28 .
 - International library of human geography ;  28. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction / Antonio De Lauri -- 2.Governing the Crisis: A Critical Genealogy of Humanitarian Intervention / Phillip Rousseau -- 3.Humanitarianism as Pretext: Defining What is Moral and Just / Robin Savinar -- 4.Humanitarian Theatre: Normality and the Carnivalesque in Afghanistan / 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, Salesian 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 / Sophia Hoffmann. 
<br/><br/> 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.-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781780768304 1780768303 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>40025868433 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB5B3426  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Humanitarianism--Political aspects.<br/>Humanitarian assistance--Political aspects.<br/>Economic assistance--Political aspects.<br/>Economic assistance--Political aspects.<br/>Humanitarian assistance--Political aspects.<br/>Humanitarianism--Political aspects.<br/>Humanitäre Hilfe<br/>Humanitarismus<br/>Humanitäre Intervention
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV553  / .P65 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>361.25