The politics of crisis-making : forced displacement and cultures of assistance in Lebanon / Estella Carpi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carpi, Estella, author.

Series:

Worlds in Crisis: Refugees, Asylum, and Forced Migration Series

Worlds in crisis: refugees, asylum, and forced migration

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Lebanon--Social conditions.

Refugees.

Forced migration--Lebanon.

Forced migration.

Humanitarian assistance--Lebanon.

Humanitarian assistance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2023]

Summary:

Traditionally, humanitarianism is considered a nonpolitical urgent response to human suffering. However, this characterization ignores the context of the politics that created the crises in the first place. In The Politics of Crisis-Making, Estella Carpi exposes how the politics of defining crises affect the social identity and membership of the displaced. Her ethnographic research in Lebanon brings to light interactions among aid workers, government officials, internally displaced citizens, migrants, and refugees after the 2006 war in Beirut's southern suburbs and during the 2011-2013 arrival of refugees from Syria to the Akkar District (northern Lebanon). By documenting different cultures, modalities, and traditions of assistance, Carpi offers a full account of how the politics of crisis-making play out in Lebanon. An important read, The Politics of Crisis-Making reveals that crisis, as an official discourse and framework of action, has the power to shape the social membership of forced migrants and internally displaced people, engendering unequal political, ethnic, and moral economies Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Funding Acknowledgment

Note to Reader

Introduction

1. The Politics of Displacement in Lebanon

2. Lebanon's Assistance Landscape

3. Politicizing Aid and Moralizing Politics: Old Formulas, New Scenarios

4. Ethnocracies of Care and Order

5. Humanitarian Distances and the "Southist" Need to Be There

6. The Trojan Horses of Humanitarianism

Appendix: Key Dates in Lebanon's Political History

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

The Politics of Displacement in Lebanon . Lebanons Assistance Landscape. Politicizing Aid and Moralizing Politics : Old Formulas, New Scenarios. Ethnocracies of Care and Order. Humanitarian Distances and the Southist Need to Be There. The Trojan Horses of Humanitarianism.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780253066404

0253066409

9780253066411

0253066417

OCLC:

1377727842