Aid in Danger: : The Perils and Promise of Humanitarianism
- Submitting institution
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The University of Manchester
- Unit of assessment
- 25 - Area Studies
- Output identifier
- 84991570
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- ISBN
- 9780812246032
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- April
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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A - SALC
- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This monograph was the first to analyse the causes and consequences of violence against aid workers. It dissects the discourses used to explain the violence, arguing for a reconceptualization that accounts for the ‘public secrets’ that exceptionalise humanitarians, inhibit understanding of the causes and dynamics of violence, and detract from the effectiveness of the measures designed to protect them. Reviewed in International Affairs, the International Review of the Red Cross, and Perspectives on Politics, among others, reviewers called the book a ‘must-read’ and labelled it ‘one of the very few evidence-based, well-researched, and eminently readable studies of the field.’
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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