Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality

Edited by Silke Roth, Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Southampton, UK, Bandana Purkayastha, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Connecticut, US and Tobias Denskus, Associate Professor in Development Studies, Faculty of Culture and Society, School of Arts and Communication, Malmö University, Sweden

‘The Handbook of Humanitarianism and Inequality is a much-needed remedy to the intellectual monocropping that constitutes much of the research on transnational “helping.” By centering inequality, this Handbook grapples with the most relevant areas of contentious politics of North-South relations and their fundamental conflicts of power. This Handbook is the place to start if you want to understand what is at stake in contemporary humanitarianism(s).’

• Contents:1 Introduction: humanitarianism and inequality – a re-orientation 1Silke Roth, Bandana Purkayastha, and Tobias DenskusPART I HISTORICAL AND (GEO)POLITICAL DIMENSIONS OFHUMANITARIANISM2 Humanitarianism and colonialism 21Aoife O’Leary McNeice3 Humanitarianism and the global Cold War, 1945–1991 35Margot Tudor4 Humanitarianism and the new wars: humanitarianism, security, andsecuritisation 49Michael Magcamit and Anastassiya Mahon5 Humanitarianism, development and peace: a southern perspective 63Priya Singh and Paula Banerjee6 Localisation and the humanitarian sector 77Claudia E. Youakim and Rita Stephan7 Human rights and humanitarianism 92Bandana PurkayasthaPART II VARIETIES OF HUMANITARIAN ORGANISATIONS AND ACTORS8 Humanitarian organisations: behemoths and butterflies 108Sarah S. Stroup9 Faith actors in humanitarianism: dynamics and inequalities 125Olivia Wilkinson and Jennifer Philippa Eggert10 Diaspora assistance 138Anjana Narayan and Lise-Hélène Smith11 Political solidarity movements and humanitarianism: lessons fromCatalonia, Spain (1975–2020) 152Salvador Martí i Puig and Alberto Martín Álvarez12 Subversive humanitarianism 166Robin Vandevoordt13 Citizen’s groups and grassroots humanitarianism 178Shoma Choudhury Lahiri14 Humanitarianism and the military 192Silke RothPART III INTERSECTIONAL PERSPECTIVES ONHUMANITARIANS AND COMMUNITIES15 Race, racialisation, and coloniality in the humanitarian aid sector 210Lata Narayanaswamy16 Humanitarian organisations as gendered organisations 222Rianka Roy17 Sexuality and humanitarianism: colonial ‘hauntings’ 237Shweta M. Adur18 Class matters in humanitarianism 251Patricia Ward and Junru Bian19 Humanitarianism and disability 265Dale Buscher and Emma PearcePART IV PERSISTING AND NEWLY EMERGING ISSUES20 Media representations of humanitarianism 281Valérie Gorin21 Humanitarianism and pandemics 295Tulani Francis L. Matenga and Lwendo Moonzwe Davis22 Humanitarian technologies 308Reem Talhouk23 Linguistic inequality in the humanitarian sector: unravellingEnglish-centric multilingualism 323Maria Rosa Garrido24 Climate change, disasters and humanitarian action 338Ilan Kelman and Eija Meriläinen25 Refugee protection and assistance 352Naoko Hashimoto26 Trafficking in persons, long-term vulnerabilities, and humanitarianism 367Farhan Navid Yousaf and Muhammad Makki KakarPART V REGIONS27 Humanitarianism and Native America 382Barbara Gurr28 Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Regions 396Agnieszka Sobocinska29 International humanitarianism in East Asia 411Alistair D.B. Cook, Lina Gong, and Oscar A. Gómez30 West Asia and North Africa 426Josepha Wessels31 Africa’s long fight for humanitarian self-sufficiency 443Oheneba A. Boateng32 The Latin American experience: inequality’s role in shaping humanitarianism 458Oscar A. Gómez, Simone Lucatello, and Rodrigo Mena33 Varieties of European humanitarianism 474Silke Roth and Tobias DenskusPART VI METHODS AND KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION34 Humanitarian research ethics and the ethics of research in humanitariansettings 495Shashika Bandara, Elyse Rafaela A. Conde, Abeer Dakik, and Matthew Hunt35 Archives and historical perspectives in researching humanitarianism 510Katarzyna Nowak36 Quantitative methods 525Liesbet Heyse, Nina Hansen, and Rafael Wittek37 Power dynamics in the use of qualitative methods in humanitarianism 539Margaux Pinaud, Kristina Tschunkert, and Augusta Nannerini38 Discussing inequalities in evaluation of humanitarian action 555Bonaventure Gbétoho Sokpoh with Tobias Denskus39 Pracademvism – forever unequal or the new nexus in globaldevelopment and humanitarianism 567Themrise Khan