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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819556503321

Autore

Hyndman Jennifer

Titolo

Managing displacement : refugees and the politics of humanitarianism / / Jennifer Hyndman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2000

ISBN

0-8166-9029-4

0-8166-5283-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 p.)

Collana

Borderlines ; ; v. 16

Disciplina

362.87/526

362.87526

Soggetti

Refugees - International cooperation

Humanitarian assistance - Political aspects

Political refugees

Refugee namps

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-246) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Scripting Humanitarianism: A Geography of ""Refugee"" and the Respatialization of Response; 2. Border Crossings: The Politics of Mobility; 3. Managing Difference: Gender and Culture in Humanitarian Emergencies; 4. In the Field: Camps, Compounds, and Other Spaces; 5. Ordering Disorder: Sitreps, Headcounts, and Other Instruments; 6. Crossing Borders in Theory and Practice; 7. Beyond the Status Quo; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this analysis of how refugee relief services work in places such as Kenya and Somalia, Hyndman uses unique insider knowledge both to challenge the political and cultural assumptions of current humanitarian practices and to expose the distancing strategies that characterize present operations.