Handbook on Humanitarianism and Inequality

Front Matter
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Contents
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Contributors
1. Introduction: humanitarianism and inequality – a re-orientation
Part I Historical and (geo)political dimensions of humanitarianism
2. Humanitarianism and colonialism
3. Humanitarianism and the global Cold War, 1945–1991
4. Humanitarianism and the new wars: humanitarianism, security, and securitisation
5. Humanitarianism, development and peace: a southern perspective
6. Localisation and the humanitarian sector
7. Human rights and humanitarianism
Part II Varieties of humanitarian organisations and actors
8. Humanitarian organisations: behemoths and butterflies
9. Faith actors in humanitarianism: dynamics and inequalities
10. Diaspora assistance
11. Political solidarity movements and humanitarianism: lessons from Catalonia, Spain (1975–2020)
12. Subversive humanitarianism
13. Citizen’s groups and grassroots humanitarianism
14. Humanitarianism and the military
Part III Intersectional perspectives on humanitarians and communities
15. Race, racialisation, and coloniality in the humanitarian aid sector
16. Humanitarian organisations as gendered organisations
17. Sexuality and humanitarianism: colonial ‘hauntings’
18. Class matters in humanitarianism
19. Humanitarianism and disability
Part IV Persisting and newly emerging issues
20. Media representations of humanitarianism
21. Humanitarianism and pandemics
22. Humanitarian technologies
23. Linguistic inequality in the humanitarian sector: unravelling English-centric multilingualism
24. Climate change, disasters and humanitarian action
25. Refugee protection and assistance
26. Trafficking in persons, long-term vulnerabilities, and humanitarianism
Part V Regions
27. Humanitarianism and Native America
28. Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Regions
29. International humanitarianism in East Asia
30. West Asia and North Africa
31. Africa’s long fight for humanitarian self-sufficiency
32. The Latin American experience: inequality’s role in shaping humanitarianism
33. Varieties of European humanitarianism
Part VI Methods and knowledge production
34. Humanitarian research ethics and the ethics of research in humanitarian settings
35. Archives and historical perspectives in researching humanitarianism
36. Quantitative methods
37. Power dynamics in the use of qualitative methods in humanitarianism
38. Discussing inequalities in evaluation of humanitarian action
39. Pracademvism – forever unequal or the new nexus in global development and humanitarianism
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