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Traditionally, humanitarianism is considered a nonpolitical urgent
response to human suffering. However, this characterization ignores
the politics that create and are created by the crises and the
increasingly long-term dimension of relief. In The Politics of
Crisis-Making, by shedding light on how humanitarian practice
becomes enmeshed with diverse forms of welfare and development,
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.
Traditionally, humanitarianism is considered a nonpolitical urgent
response to human suffering. However, this characterization ignores
the politics that create and are created by the crises and the
increasingly long-term dimension of relief. In The Politics of
Crisis-Making, by shedding light on how humanitarian practice
becomes enmeshed with diverse forms of welfare and development,
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.
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