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UNINA9910817895203321 |
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Autore |
Smirl Lisa |
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Titolo |
Spaces of aid : how cars, compounds and hotels shape humanitarianism / / Lisa Smirl |
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London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2015 |
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[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021 |
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ISBN |
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1-350-22274-7 |
1-78360-353-4 |
1-78360-349-6 |
1-78360-351-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Humanitarian assistance - Management |
Relief Work |
Housing - ethics |
International Cooperation |
Development studies |
Aid & relief programmes |
Geopolitics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Stories from the field, stories of t̀he field': how aid workers experience the space of the field mission -- 2. Exploring the humanitarian enclave -- 3. How the built environment shapes humanitarian intervention -- 4. Building home away from home: post-tsunami Aceh, and the single-family house -- 5. Playing house: rebuilding the Gulf Coast after Katrina. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A landmark work that - through analysing the three key symbolic sites of the grand hotel, the SUV and the compound - shows why we urgently need to think differently about humanitarian theory and practice. |
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