Routledge Humanitarian Studies
About the Book Series
Routledge Humanitarian Studies is the world’s leading Humanitarian Studies book
series. Published in collaboration with the International Humanitarian Studies
Association (IHSA), the series explores the causes of humanitarian crises; how they
evolve; their effects on people, institutions, and societies; and the range of responses.
The series highlights everyday struggles of people affected by humanitarian crises
(including famine), whether caused by disaster, conflict, climate change, or political
instability, or a combination of all. It also examines the roles of different actors and
humanitarian practices, from local responders to national ministries, to the
international aid system. In addition, the series addresses the structural issues that
contribute to humanitarian crises, including local and global inequalities, aid
architecture and governance, and how these link to peacekeeping, and post-conflict
state building. This inclusive book series invites submissions from voices from around
the world, at a time when the humanitarian sector is undergoing a period of significant
change.
This series draws on and is relevant to a range of disciplines, including but not
exclusive to humanitarian studies, development studies, international relations,
politics, decolonial studies, migration studies, anthropology, sociology, peace and
conflict studies, gender studies, cultural studies, and media studies. It also welcomes
interdisciplinary submissions.
To submit proposals, please contact the series editors or Senior Editor for Global
Development books, Helena Hurd ([email protected]).
Series Editors:
Juan Ricardo Aparicio Cuervo, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
Susanne Jaspars, SOAS University of LondonUK
Palash Kamruzzaman, University of South Wales, UK
Australia's Foreign Aid Dilemma: Humanitarian aspirations confront democratic legitimacy
1st Edition
By Jack Corbett
January 17, 2019
The Australian aid program faces a fundamental dilemma: how, in the absence of deep popular support, should it generate the political legitimacy required to safeguard its budget and administering institution? Australia’s Foreign Aid Dilemma tells the story of the actors who have grappled with...
International Humanitarian NGOs and State Relations: Politics, Principles and Identity
1st Edition
By Andrew J. Cunningham
May 16, 2018
International Humanitarian NGOs and State Relations: Politics, Principles and Identity examines the often discordant relationship between states and international non-governmental organisations working in the humanitarian sector. INGOs aiming to provide assistance to populations suffering from the ...
Disaster Management in Australia: Government Coordination in a Time of Crisis
1st Edition
By George Carayannopoulos
January 18, 2018
In recent times the frequency and severity of natural disasters has placed a clear emphasis on the ability of governments to plan, prepare and respond in an effective way. Disaster Management in Australia examines government coordination when faced with large scale crises, outlining the challenges ...
Natural Hazards, Risk and Vulnerability: Floods and slum life in Indonesia
1st Edition
By Roanne van Voorst
December 22, 2017
Different people handle risk in different ways. The current lack of understanding about this heterogeneity in risk behaviour makes it difficult to intervene effectively in risk-prone communities. Natural Hazards, Risk and Vulnerability offers a unique insight in the everyday life of a group of ...
UNHCR and the Struggle for Accountability: Technology, law and results-based management
1st Edition
Edited
By Kristin Sandvik, Katja Jacobsen
December 22, 2017
Despite the key importance of accountability for the legitimacy of humanitarian action, inadequate academic attention has been given to how the concept of accountability is evolving within the specific branches of the humanitarian enterprise. Up to now, there exists no comprehensive account of what...
The New Humanitarians in International Practice: Emerging actors and contested principles
1st Edition
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By Zeynep Sezgin, Dennis Dijkzeul
December 04, 2017
As humanitarian needs continue to grow rapidly, humanitarian action has become more contested, with new actors entering the field to address unmet needs, but also challenging long-held principles and precepts. This volume provides detailed empirical comparisons between emerging and traditional ...
Disaster Research: Multidisciplinary and International Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Rasmus Dahlberg, Olivier Rubin, Morten Thanning Vendelø
April 06, 2017
Given the tendency of books on disasters to predominantly focus on strong geophysical or descriptive perspectives and in-depth accounts of particular catastrophes, Disaster Research provides a much-needed multidisciplinary perspective of the area. This book is is structured thematically around key ...
People, Aid and Institutions in Socio-economic Recovery: Facing Fragilities
1st Edition
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By Thea Hilhorst, Bart Weijs, Gemma van der Haar
February 22, 2017
An estimated 2 billion people live in countries affected by fragility, conflict and violence. Extreme poverty is increasingly concentrated in these areas, and governments and international agencies seek avenues to enable socio-economic recovery and to support people as they try to rebuild their ...
Public Health Humanitarian Responses to Natural Disasters
1st Edition
By Emily Chan
February 16, 2017
The pressure of climate change, environmental degradation, and urbanisation, as well as the widening of socio- economic disparities have rendered the global population increasingly vulnerable to the impact of natural disasters. With a primary focus on medical and public health humanitarian response...
The Paradoxes of Aid Work: Passionate Professionals
1st Edition
By Silke Roth
June 08, 2016
This book explores what attracts people to aidwork and to what extent the promises of aidwork are fulfilled. 'Aidland' is a highly complex and heterogeneous context which includes many different occupations, forms of employment and organizations. Analysing the processes that lead to the involvement...
Human Security and Natural Disasters
1st Edition
Edited
By Christopher Hobson, Paul Bacon, Robin Cameron
April 27, 2016
"Human security" is an approach that rejects the traditional prioritization of state security, and instead identifies the individual as the primary referent of security. It offers a way of broadening our perspective, and recognizing that the most pressing threats to individuals do not come from ...
Human Security and Japan’s Triple Disaster: Responding to the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear crisis
1st Edition
Edited
By Paul Bacon, Christopher Hobson
December 18, 2015
Japan has been one of the most important international sponsors of human security, yet the concept has hitherto not been considered relevant to the Japanese domestic context. This book applies the human security approach to the specific case of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident that ...