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Carregando... Not Breaking the Rules Not Playing the Game: International Assistance to Countries at War (edição: 2006)de Zoe Marriage
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Why do humanitarian principles, human rights and other 'rules' espoused by aid organisations apparently fail to influence the reality of assistance delivery, while reality does not influence these objectives? Zoe Marriage's book investigates the international assistance given to countries at war. Presenting evidence from Sierra Leone, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Southern Sudan, she finds that appealing to a morality based on rights and principles allows aid staff to justify their operational weaknesses by blaming or discrediting others. The terminology used labels political and military activity as illegitimate, pre-empting dialogue, limiting aid organisations' perception of the contexts in which they work, and ultimately questioning the sincerity behind the assistance. The book concludes that people in countries at war are not 'breaking the rules' of assistance - as assistance is not meaningfully 'ruled' by rights or principles - they are more fundamentally 'not playing the game'. ( )
In an engaging read replete with personal anecdotes, Zoe Marriage deconstructs the relationship between what international aid organizations promise and what they actually deliver. Marriage views aid universality as a self-imposed rule within a game that NGOs only pretend to play, thus giving the illusion of progress while in reality chainging nothing of substance to overcome suffering in conflict zones. NGOs often enter 'emergency' situations for short periods knowing that they will have no ability to create lasting positive change, and provide only surface-level help while utilizing a 'we vs. them' mentality as a face-saving mechanism. Marriage refuses to excuse security or funding issues as legitimate policy drivers, arguing that NGO and government mission statements themselves should be tempered so as to reflect realities on the ground.
Investigates the international assistance given to countries at war. Presenting evidence from Sierra Leone, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Southern Sudan, the author finds that appealing to a morality based on rights and principles allows aid staff to justify their operational weaknesses by blaming or discrediting others. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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