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Humanitarians on the Frontier

Identity and Access Along the Borders of Power

Alasdair Gordon-Gibson author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield

Published:16th Nov '21

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The book examines the reasons behind accusations of dysfunctional humanitarian identities and the loss of space for impartial action. Through a combination of practical examples in case studies from the field with a theoretical and philosophical approach to questions of voluntary service, community and identity, it reconsiders the exceptional discourse that constructs these identities and drives humanitarian response in environments of complex emergency. By recognizing both the strength and the limits of its social and political agency, the study presents opportunities for the construction of a less exceptional space, or ‘niche’ within the humanitarian sector, where the politics is around one of an ordinary humanitarian society instead of an ordered humanitarian system.

ISBN: 9781538151037

Dimensions: 228mm x 161mm x 23mm

Weight: 630g

242 pages