Humanitarianism

This dissertation examines psychosocial interventions as specific social, political, medical, and ontological formations in the Kashmir valley. Till recently, medical humanitarianism was dominated by short-term, surgical interventions that focused on providing emergency biomedic…

Since the end of World War II, humanitarian non-governmental organizations (HNGOs), such as Oxfam, CARE and World Vision, have responded to natural disasters and complex emergencies by providing life-saving emergency relief aid across borders. International society perceives hum…

This study examines the intersection of humanitarianism and warfare conducted by Western states in the late-modern era. It compares the use of humanitarian discourse (HD) by officials and civil-elites within two crisis moments each for the 1999 NATO war over Kosovo and the 2003 …

In 2001, a refugee group of unaccompanied minors known as the Lost Boys of Sudan began arriving in the United States. Their early years were met with extensive media coverage and scores of well-meaning volunteers in scattered resettlement locations across the country. Their stor…

This minor-dissertation will critically analyse the relationship between two of the general principles of IHL, namely, the principle of distinction and the principle of proportionality, illustrating that the principle of distinction should be associated with a higher level of si…

In the decade following the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, thousands of Iraqis made their way to neighbouring Jordan, where many spent years living. Unlike other major refugee groups in the region, such as Palestinians or, more recently, Syrians, Iraqis in Jordan during this p…

The number of people undertaking clandestine migratory journeys to Europe has increased dramatically over the past several years. Particularly following the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ of 2015, the borders of Europe have been thoroughly enhanced and militarized in order to contro…

Dünyada var olan temel sorunların artması ile dış politikada önemli araçlardan biri haline gelen dış yardımlar, devlet dışı aktörlerin uluslararası sisteme dâhil olması ile kapsamını genişletmiştir. Bu kapsam genişliğini ve aktör sayısındaki artışı, farklı dinamikler ile harmanl…

My dissertation asks: (1) What are the meanings that faith-based organizations (FBOs) assign to their own values, identities, and practices?, and (2) How do such meanings shape the service-advocacy work of FBOs? Scholars are increasingly interested in the role of FBOs in areas o…

In this dissertation I examine the impact of core values on foreign policy opinion, the dynamics of value change, and the differences between elites and the mass public in their values change. I find that two core values - humanitarianism and democracy - strongly affect citizens…

This dissertation explores how Catholic parish twinning---the linking together of North American and Haitian parishes in grassroots partnerships---relates to "conventional" international development discourses and practices. As neoliberal policies aim to shrink states and expand…