The Myth of International Protection : War and Survival in Congo / Claudia Seymour.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seymour, Claudia, Author.

Series:

California series in public anthropology ; 43

California Series in Public Anthropology ; 43

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare--International cooperation.

Child welfare.

Children and violence--Congo (Democratic Republic).

Children and violence.

International relief--Congo (Democratic Republic).

International relief.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 174 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In this viscerally intense, ethnographically based work, Claudia Seymour relates the heart-wrenching stories of young people in the Democratic Republic of Congo-young people who live on the front lines of conflict, in neighborhoods and villages destroyed by war, and on the streets in conditions of poverty and destitution. Seymour, a former child protection adviser and human rights investigator for the United Nations, chronicles her personal journey, which begins with the will to do good yet ends with the realization of how international aid can contribute to greater harm than good. The idea of protection and universalized human rights is turned on its head as Seymour uncovers the complicities and hypocrisies of the aid world. In the promotion of "inalienable human rights," aid organizations ignore the complex historical and socioeconomic dynamics that lead to the violations of such rights. Offering a new perspective, The Myth of International Protection reframes how the world sees the DRC and urges global audiences to consider their own roles in fueling the DRC's seemingly endless violence.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Map

1. A Beginning

2. Outrages in Congo

3. Surviving Violence

4. Embodying Violence

5. Navigating Violence

6. Meanings of Violence

7. The Myth of International Protection

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

Other Format:

Print version: Seymour, Claudia, 1976- author. Myth of international protection

ISBN:

9780520971417

0520971418

OCLC:

1051777623