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Managing displacement : refugees and the politics of humanitarianism / Jennifer Hyndman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hyndman, Jennifer.
- Series:
- Borderlines (Minneapolis, Minn.) ; v. 16.
- Borderlines ; v. 16
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Refugees--International cooperation.
- Refugees.
- Humanitarian assistance--Political aspects.
- Humanitarian assistance.
- Political refugees.
- Refugee namps.
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (285 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-246) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-9029-4
- 0-8166-5283-X
- OCLC:
- 476094761
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