Aid in Danger

The Perils and Promise of Humanitarianism

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19906804
AutoresLarissa Fast (0000-0003-4521-4531, autor de correspondencia)
Año2014
Páginas336
Fecha de publicación2014-12-31
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaAid in Danger (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialUniversity of Pennsylvania Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.9783/9780812209631
OpenAlexW1532614141
Open LibraryOL27546701M
ISBN9780812209631
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas43

The number of studies on humanitarian security has increased steadily since the mid-1990s. Most of the available literature is comprised of publications written by security experts, setting the tone for a dominant discourse where an alleged deterioration in the security environment requires humanitarian organizations to professionalize their security management. Prominent among such publications are Operational Security Management in Violent Environments1 and the more recent Can You Get Sued?, a policy paper on the legal liability of international humanitarian aid organizations towards their staff.2 Studies by academics have been rare, although they too have increased in recent years.3 Using a critical approach, scholars such as Mark Duffield4 have appraised the security apparatus, analyzing notably the roots and consequences of the “fortified aid compound” and examining how aid workers are being encouraged to view and accept segregated living as a necessary, and even desirable, evil. And, in a study commissioned by Groupe URD, Arnaud Dandoy critically explores the social and geographical segregations stemming from the normalization of security practices in Haiti. BOOK REVIEW

Humanitarian aid · Law and economics · Liability · Political science · Public relations · Security studies · Social science · Sociology · Global Security and Public Health · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Public Administration · Humanitarian assistance · International Security · Internationality · Relief Work · Risk management · Safety Management · Security, International · Violence