Routledge Humanitarian Studies
About the Book Series
The Routledge Humanitarian Studies series in collaboration with the International Humanitarian Studies Association (IHSA) takes a comprehensive approach to the growing field of expertise that is humanitarian studies. This field is concerned with humanitarian crises caused by natural disaster, conflict or political instability and deals with the study of how humanitarian crises evolve, how they affect people and their institutions and societies, and the responses they trigger.
We invite book proposals that address, amongst other topics, questions of aid delivery, institutional aspects of service provision, the dynamics of rebel wars, state building after war, the international architecture of peacekeeping, the ways in which ordinary people continue to make a living throughout crises, and the effect of crises on gender relations.
This interdisciplinary series draws on and is relevant to a range of disciplines, including development studies, international relations, international law, anthropology, peace and conflict studies, public health and migration studies.
To submit proposals, please contact the Development Studies Editor, Helena Hurd ([email protected]).
Series Editors:
Alex de Waal, Tufts University, USA
Dorothea Hilhorst, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
People, Aid and Institutions in Socio-economic Recovery: Facing Fragilities
1st Edition
Edited
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 ...
Disaster, Conflict and Society in Crises: Everyday Politics of Crisis Response
1st Edition
Edited
By Thea Hilhorst
August 13, 2013
Humanitarian crises - resulting from conflict, natural disaster or political collapse – are usually perceived as a complete break from normality, spurring special emergency policies and interventions. In reality, there are many continuities and discontinuities between crisis and normality. What ...