Managing displacement [[electronic resource] ] : refugees and the politics of humanitarianism / / Jennifer Hyndman

• Autore: Hyndman Jennifer
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (285 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.87/526; 362.87526
• Soggetto topico: Refugees - International cooperation; Humanitarian assistance - Political aspects; Political refugees; Refugee namps
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Managing displacement
• ISBN: 0-8166-9029-4; 0-8166-5283-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451711703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Borderlines (Minneapolis, Minn.) ; ; v. 16.