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Aid in Danger - The Perils and Promise of Humanitarianism (Hardcover)
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Aid in Danger - The Perils and Promise of Humanitarianism (Hardcover)
Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
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Humanitarian aid workers increasingly remain present in contexts of
violence and are injured, kidnapped, and killed as a result. Since
9/11 and in response to these dangers, aid organizations have
fortified themselves to shield their staff and programs from
outside threats. In Aid in Danger, Larissa Fast critically examines
the causes of violence against aid workers and the consequences of
the approaches aid agencies use to protect themselves from attack.
Based on more than a decade of research, Aid in Danger explores the
assumptions underpinning existing explanations of and responses to
violence against aid workers. According to Fast, most explanations
of attacks locate the causes externally and maintain an image of
aid workers as an exceptional category of civilians. The resulting
approaches to security rely on separation and fortification and
alienate aid workers from those in need, representing both a
symptom and a cause of crisis in the humanitarian system. Missing
from most analyses are the internal vulnerabilities, exemplified in
the everyday decisions and ordinary human frailties and
organizational mistakes that sometimes contribute to the conditions
leading to violence. This oversight contributes to the
normalization of danger in aid work and undermines the humanitarian
ethos. As an alternative, Fast proposes a relational framework that
captures both external threats and internal vulnerabilities. By
uncovering overlooked causes of violence, Aid in Danger offers a
unique perspective on the challenges of providing aid in perilous
settings and on the prospects of reforming the system in service of
core humanitarian values.
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