Prologue: "I cannot give it up:" life and work in crisis -- Introduction: humanitarianism in the margins of empire -- The production and veneration of "the local" -- Humanitarianism is samafal -- Humanitarian work -- Crisis work -- Humanitarianism as anti-politics -- From crisis to liberation
Summary
"An ethnography of the global humanitarian industry, centered on the appropriation and reimagining of relief by Somalis in Ethiopia. Policymakers and aid workers there are creatively using humanitarian funding to build autonomous governmental structures. In so doing, Somalis are essentially decolonizing Ethiopia and localizing the aid industry"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis
humanitarian care, humanitarianism in Ethiopia, localize aid, decolonize aid, decolonization
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
In English
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 30, 2021)