Everyday humanitarianism in Cambodia Challenging scales and making relations
Synopsis
Faced with the scale of global challenges such as poverty and inequality, one question is where to start. Humanitarian efforts can only ever have limited reach. Among all of human suffering, whom should we support? And what shapes our choices? Such questions are at the core of this book. Through an ethnographic account of moralities, it traces how everyday humanitarian practitioners challenge entrenched values of what matters, upending the notion that the large-scale is inherently important, and even questioning what ‘large’ means in the first place. Instead, these practitioners typically aim to create a difference in the life of a particular person, situating their limited actions within pervasive poverty.Book details
- Series:
- Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches
- Author:
- Anne-Meike Fechter
- ISBN:
- 9781526172099
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781526172105, 9781526172112
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- Pages:
- 200
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2024-10-31
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2023
- Copyright by:
- Anne-Meike Fechter
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- History, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Nonfiction, Politics and Government