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Managing Displacement : Refugees and the Politics of Humanitarianism.
Title:
Managing Displacement : Refugees and the Politics of Humanitarianism.
Author:
Hyndman, Jennifer.
ISBN:
9780816652839
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (285 pages)
Series:
Borderlines
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Scripting Humanitarianism: A Geography of "Refugee" and the Respatialization of Response -- 2. Border Crossings: The Politics of Mobility -- 3. Managing Difference: Gender and Culture in Humanitarian Emergencies -- 4. In the Field: Camps, Compounds, and Other Spaces -- 5. Ordering Disorder: Sitreps, Headcounts, and Other Instruments -- 6. Crossing Borders in Theory and Practice -- 7. Beyond the Status Quo -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
In this analysis of how refugee relief services work in places such as Kenya and Somalia, Hyndman uses unique insider knowledge both to challenge the political and cultural assumptions of current humanitarian practices and to expose the distancing strategies that characterize present operations.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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