Everyday Humanitarianism in Cambodia

Challenging Scales and Making Relations

AvAnne-Meike Fechter

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Faced with the scale of global challenges such as poverty and inequality, one question is where to start. Humanitarian efforts can only ever have limited reach. Among all of human suffering, whom should we support? And what shapes our choices? Such questions are at the core of this book. Through an ethnographic account of moralities, it traces how everyday humanitarian practitioners challenge entrenched values of what matters, upending the notion that the large-scale is inherently important, and even questioning what ‘large’ means in the first place. Instead, these practitioners typically aim to create a difference in the life of a particular person, situating their limited actions within pervasive poverty.

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Utgivningsdatum:2023-10-24
Mått:156 x 234 x 13 mm
Vikt:463 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:Manchester University Press
ISBN:9781526172105

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Folkrätt inom Juridik
Internationella relationer inom Samhälle och politik

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Anne-Meike Fechter is Professor of Anthropology and International Development at the University of Sussex

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'Everyday humanitarianism is characterized by small-scale, privately financed, grassroots approaches to locally identified needs. Fetcher explores the motivations of those engaged in offering humanitarian assistance, the interest and willingness of potential and actual participants, the features that have led to the success or failure of projects, the relationships between aid and government institutions, and how programs are assessed in terms of their impact on individual lives and human welfare. The examples, analyses, and conclusions are universally relevant.'CHOICE: Highly recommended

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction 1 Making scales and relations 2 The part and the whole 3 Every person counts 4 Distance and proximity 5 Desire to connect 6 Humanitarian kinship 7 Affinities and shared biographies Conclusion Index