Aid in Danger: The Perils and Promise of Humanitarianism

Larissa Fast

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2014

Aid in Danger

The Perils and Promise of Humanitarianism

Larissa Fast

In the series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812209631

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About this book

Aid in Danger explores why aid workers are attacked, kidnapped, and killed around the world and critically examines how aid agencies respond to these dangers. It addresses a timely and neglected topic, providing a unique analytical perspective on broader issues of humanitarianism and humanitarian reform.

Author / Editor information

Larissa Fast teaches at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame.

Reviews

"Larissa Fast critiques familiar characterizations of the aid environment and delivers a nuanced analysis of the real dangers within the contemporary humanitarian context. She makes a compelling case that a relational, humanity-based approach to thinking about security will generate behavior and outcomes more consistent with the principles on which humanitarianism rests. This is a book that should be read by students and scholars of aid as well as by practitioners."—Deborah Avant, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver

"Much has been written about the security threats to aid workers and their heroism in the face of adversity; most of it is anecdotal and apocryphal. Fast has produced one of the very few evidence-based, well-researched, and eminently readable studies of the field. This should be on the 'must read' list of every researcher, head of operations, and security director working with humanitarian aid in conflict zones."—Peter Walker, Feinstein International Center, Tufts University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Three Stories of Aid in Danger: From Baghdad and Muttur to Solferino Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Chapter 2. The Twin Challenges for Contemporary Humanitarianism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
Chapter 3. The Dangers They Face: Understanding Violence Against Aid Workers and Agencies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
Chapter 4. The Dominant Explanations: Competing Discourses of Aid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Chapter 5. Explanations in the Shadows: Competing Images of Aid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Chapter 6. Coping with Danger: Paradigms of Humanitarian Security Management Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Conclusion. Reclaiming Humanity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 336
Keywords: Political Science; Human Rights; Law

eBook

Published: April 3, 2014
ISBN: 9780812209631