The politics of crisis-making : forced displacement and cultures of assistance in Lebanon /

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Traditionally, humanitarianism is considered a nonpolitical urgent response to human suffering. However, this characterization ignores the context of the politics that created the crises in the first place. In The Politics of Crisis-Making, Estella Carpi exposes how the politics of defining crises a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Carpi, Estella (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2023]
Series:Worlds in crisis.
Subjects:
Refugees > Lebanon > Social conditions.
Forced migration > Lebanon.
Humanitarian assistance > Lebanon.
Réfugiés > Liban > Conditions sociales.
Aide humanitaire > Liban.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees
Forced migration
Humanitarian assistance
Refugees > Social conditions
Lebanon
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Funding Acknowledgment
  • Note to Reader
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Politics of Displacement in Lebanon
  • 2. Lebanon's Assistance Landscape
  • 3. Politicizing Aid and Moralizing Politics: Old Formulas, New Scenarios
  • 4. Ethnocracies of Care and Order
  • 5. Humanitarian Distances and the "Southist" Need to Be There
  • 6. The Trojan Horses of Humanitarianism
  • Appendix: Key Dates in Lebanon's Political History
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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