Frances D’souza

Biographic Data

ID3496221
NAMEFrances D’souza
GIVEN NAMESFrances
FAMILY NAMED’souza
SIGNATURED’SOUZA F
AFFILIATIONSOverseas Development Institute
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS18
TOTAL CITATIONS58
AUTHOR COUNT18
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1979
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX3

  • Introduction

    Open AccessFrances D''Souza, Frances D’souza et al.ARTICLEDisasters2019

  • A culture of secrecy

    Frances D’souzaARTICLEConflict Security and Development2001

    Additional informationNotes on contributorsFrances D’souzaFrances D’Souza has a background in physical anthropology and has taught at the London School of Economics and at Oxford Brookes University. She was the Founding Director of an independent research group focusing on applying systematic evaluation methods to development and emergency aid and collaborated in original research on the economic origins and alleviation of famine. For over nine y…

  • Observations de Legoux de Flaix sur l'Inde de la fin du 18 e siècle

    Frances D’souza, F D'SouzaARTICLEJournal Asiatique1998

  • A world without censorship

    Open AccessFrances D’souza, Frances D'SouzaARTICLEEnglish Today1996

    FRANCES D'SOUZA reports on the mission and achievements of Article 19, an organization founded to fight censorship throughout the world

  • Democracy as a Cure for Famine

    Open AccessFrances D''Souza, Frances D’souza et al.ARTICLEJournal of Peace Research1994Cited by: 3References: 1

    1. Democracy and Famine It has been persuasively argued that wars do not occur between democracies (cf. JPR, vol. 29, no. 4, 1992). Since apart from the war the greatest killers have always been internal conflicts, destructive governance and famine, it is pertinent to examine the role that democracy can play in their prevention. Democracy implies the existence of societal institutions which exercise checks and balances on government. One of the m…

  • John Peter William Rivers 1945-1989

    Open AccessFrances D''Souza, Frances D’souza et al.ARTICLEDisasters1990

  • Responses to James Ingram's Paper

    Frances D’souza, Frances D'SouzaARTICLEJournal of Refugee Studies1989

  • Recovery following the Gediz earthquake

    Open AccessFrances D’souza, Frances D'SouzaARTICLEDisasters1986Cited by: 1References: 3

    This paper is the result of a social and economic survey of four villages in the Gediz region of South West Anatolia, Turkey, which was undertaken in two phases, October/November 1982 and March/April 1984. The specific aims of this survey were to define what was perceived as recovery in the local social, cultural and economic context and to measure recovery in communities which had suffered different degrees of distress and loss following the ear…

  • The spread of famine in Africa

    Frances D’souza, Frances D'Souza et al.ARTICLEThird World Quarterly1985Cited by: 1

  • Information and professionalism in disaster relief programmes

    Open AccessFrances D''Souza, Frances D’souza et al.ARTICLEDisasters1985References: 1

  • Anthropology and Disasters

    Frances D''Souza, Frances D’souza et al.ARTICLEAnthropology Today1985Cited by: 2

  • A new camp for vintage refugees

    Open AccessFrances D''Souza, Frances D’souza et al.ARTICLEDisasters1984

  • Recovery following the South Italian earthquake, November 1980

    Open AccessFrances D’souza, Frances D'SouzaARTICLEDisasters1982Cited by: 3References: 3

    Recovery and reconstruction in two communities following the South Itallan earthquake is described and differences are related to factors such as pradisaster development levels, relief decisions made during the emergency phase, the kind of material aid received, local leadership and economic opportunities. The combination of appropriate aid and effective leadership appears to a potent force for recovery

  • Who is a refugee? Definitions and assistance

    Open AccessFrances D’souza, F D'SouzaARTICLEDisasters1981

  • Introductory Paper by Frances D'Souza

    Open AccessFrances D''Souza, Frances D’souza et al.ARTICLERAIN1981

  • The Refugee Experience

    Frances D’souza, Frances D'SouzaARTICLECurrent Anthropology1980

  • Anthropological Studies in Hazardous Environments

    William I Torry, W A Anderson et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology1979Cited by: 47

    Losses arising from natural disasters continue to mount world-wide, though the most alarming social and economic dislocations are occurring in developing countries. How effectively social institutions protect against and adjust to catastrophic events is an issue which has generated a growing body of research. This paper surveys anthropological contributions to natural-disaster studies and considers their relevance for disaster mitigation policy. …

  • Anthropology and Disasters

    Open AccessFrances D''Souza, Frances D’souza et al.ARTICLERAIN1979Cited by: 1