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The need to 'disaster proof' development is increasingly recognised by development agencies, as is the need to engender both development and disaster response. This unique book explores what these processes mean for development and disasters in practice. Sarah Bradshaw criticall…
Disaster research owes a lot to development studies and yet the debt is often not acknowledged. In this scholarly but accessible book by Sarah Bradshaw, we see a very effective linking of gender, disaster and development that will be of value to academics and practitioners worki…
"This book explores the interaction between anthropology and humanitarianism, focused on the organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The emphasis of the collection is on practicing anthropology within humanitarian situations, reflecting on how anthropology contributes to th…
"This book explores the interaction between anthropology and humanitarianism, focused on the organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The emphasis of the collection is on practicing anthropology within humanitarian situations, reflecting on how anthropology contributes to th…
"This book explores the interaction between anthropology and humanitarianism, focussed on the organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The emphasis of the collection is on practising anthropology within humanitarian situations, reflecting on how anthropology contributes to t…
"This book explores the interaction between anthropology and humanitarianism, focused on the organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The emphasis of the collection is on practicing anthropology within humanitarian situations, reflecting on how anthropology contributes to th…
"This book explores the interaction between anthropology and humanitarianism, focused on the organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The emphasis of the collection is on practicing anthropology within humanitarian situations, reflecting on how anthropology contributes to th…
"Examines how the humanitarian order advances a message of moral triumph, while abandoning the dispossessed."-- Back cover
This open access volume addresses the role of external actors in social protection in the Global South, from the Second World War until today, analysing the influence of colonial powers, superpowers during the Cold War and contemporary donor agencies. Following an introduction t…
Global refugee numbers are at their highest levels since the end of World War II, but the system in place to deal with them, based upon a humanitarian list of imagined "basic needs," has changed little. In Refuge, Paul Collier and Alexander Betts argue that the system fails to p…
"This book examines the self-representation and identity politics of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs). PMSCs have become increasingly important over the past few decades. While their boom is frequently explained in functional terms, such as their cost-efficiency a…
"This book examines the self-representation and identity politics of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs). PMSCs have become increasingly important over the past few decades. While their boom is frequently explained in functional terms, such as their cost-efficiency a…
"This book examines the self-representation and identity politics of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs). PMSCs have become increasingly important over the past few decades. While their boom is frequently explained in functional terms, such as their cost-efficiency a…
"This book examines the self-representation and identity politics of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs). PMSCs have become increasingly important over the past few decades. While their boom is frequently explained in functional terms, such as their cost-efficiency a…
"This book examines the self-representation and identity politics of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs). PMSCs have become increasingly important over the past few decades. While their boom is frequently explained in functional terms, such as their cost-efficiency a…
