Depoliticising Humanitarian Action
Paradigms, Dilemmas, Resistance
- 280 pages
- English
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Depoliticising Humanitarian Action
Paradigms, Dilemmas, Resistance
About this book
Is it ever possible to separate humanitarian action from politics? Drawing on the experience of both practitioners and researchers, this book is an essential guide to the thorny interplay between what are too often considered as separate worlds.
The humanitarian sector aims to separate its work from politics, arguing that independence and neutrality are essential in order to gain entry into disaster and conflict settings. Yet, humanitarian claims of non-involvement in politics have also been dismissed as misleading, naive, or counter-productive. In practice, humanitarians find themselves working within political settings on a daily basis. This book investigates the theory behind depoliticisation, the political background and context behind humanitarian action, and the daily dilemmas faced by practitioners walking that fine line between principles and pragmatism. Finally, this book considers the importance of decolonising mainstream understandings of humanitarianism and politics, and of placing understandings from the Global South at the heart of the discussion.
Balancing theoretical insights with empirical grounding, field examples, and recommendations for policy and practice, this book is perfect for researchers and students in humanitarian studies, political science, international relations, human rights, development studies, disaster studies, and peace and conflict studies, as well as humanitarian practitioners and policy makers.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsement Page
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of figures
- List of contributors
- 1 Depoliticising humanitarian action: Understanding and countering the status quo in an age of crisis
- Section I Depoliticising paradigms
- Section II Depoliticisation dilemmas
- Section III Resisting depoliticisation
- Index