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Author Carruth, Lauren, 1980- author.

Title Love and liberation humanitarian work in Ethiopia's Somali region Lauren Carruth.

Publication Info. Ithaca [New York] Cornell University Press 2021.
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Description 1 online resource illustrations, map
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents 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
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Subject Humanitarian assistance -- Ethiopia -- Somali Region.
Humanitarianism -- Political aspects -- Ethiopia -- Somali Region.
Humanitarian aid workers -- Ethiopia -- Somali Region.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
Humanitarian aid workers
Humanitarian assistance
Humanitarianism -- Political aspects
Ethiopia -- Somali Region
Other Form: Print version: Carruth, Lauren, 1980- Love and liberation Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021 9781501759475 (DLC) 2021002961 (OCoLC)1235906124
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