Rethinking the origins of transnational humanitarian organizations

The curious case of the International Shipwreck Society

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4263299
AutoresThomas Davies (0000-0002-0020-0235, Department of International Politics, City University of London Northampton Square London EC1V 0HB UK, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Volume18
Fascículo3
Páginas461-478
Data de publicação2018-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGlobal Networks (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1470-2266 • E-ISSN: 1471-0374
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/glob.12189
OpenAlexW2749393337
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas27

This exploration of the evolution of the International Shipwreck Society (ISS) - a previously neglected transnational humanitarian organization that by the late 1830s had branches in every continent - casts new light on three key aspects of the development of global humanitarianism. First, that there was a secular humanitarian association with a global organizational structure in the 1830s challenges widespread assumptions about the timing of internationally organized humanitarian action. Second, the influence of Chinese precedents on the ISS points to the importance of long forgotten Eastern origins of transnational humanitarianism. And third, the evaluation of the role of individuals in the development of the ISS reveals that early transnational humanitarian organizations faced leadership problems that scholars had previously neglected. In each of these respects, this article provides a new perspective on the origins of global networks

Environmental ethics · Humanitarian aid · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Religion, Society, and Development