{"product_id":"the-concerned-women-of-buduburam-refugee-activists-and-humanitarian-dilemmas-paperback-softback-9780801456909","title":"The Concerned Women of Buduburam; Refugee Activists and Humanitarian Dilemmas (Paperback \/ softback) 9780801456909","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Concerned Women of Buduburam\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRefugee Activists and Humanitarian Dilemmas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElizabeth Holzer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801456909\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 October 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages, 1 halftone, 1 table - 1 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolzer's engagingly written text is unique in establishing... how women and men experience refugee relief that has morphed into a system of rule. Holzer's attention to the motivations of all involved in the clash between the Liberian refugees, the Ghanaian host government, and the UNHCR is commendable. Along with delineating how social complexities of age, gender, ethnicity, and migration route impact camp politics, she describes the constraints imposed by the basic structures of humanitarian aid. \u003ci\u003eConcerned Women of Buduburam\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching and vital interrogation of the practical pitfalls and theoretical nuances of humanitarian aid.\u003c\/p\u003e - Abena Ampofoa Asare (Mobilization) \u003cp\u003eThe author deploys both extensive ethnographic research and a nuanced review of social theory, examining the 'themes of civic engagement, transnational government, administrative caregiving, political legitimacy, contentious politics and repression.' Integrating their impact, she names the resulting form of rule 'compassionate authoritarianism': compassionate in that its goal is to relieve the suffering of a displaced and traumatized population and authoritarian because clients lack power to pursue their own ends, are blocked from expressing discontent, and are incapable of receiving compensation for administrative failings.\u003c\/p\u003e - S. J. Gold (Choice) \u003cp\u003eThis book is a must read for all those concerned with transnational governance, the practicalities and ethics of humanitarian aid, and human rights in general.\u003c\/p\u003e - Katarzyna Grabska, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (American Journal of Sociology)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Concerned Women of Buduburam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Elizabeth Holzer offers an unprecedented firsthand account of the rise and fall of social protests in a long-standing refugee camp. \u003c\/b\u003eThe UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the host government of Ghana established the Buduburam Refugee Camp in 1990 to provide sanctuary for refugees from the Liberian civil war (1989–2003). Long hailed as a model of effectiveness, Buduburam offered a best-case scenario for how to handle a refugee crisis. But what happens when refugees and humanitarian actors disagree over humanitarian aid? In Buduburam, refugee protesters were met with Ghanaian riot police. Holzer uses the clash to delve into the complex and often hidden world of humanitarian politics and refugee activism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on fifteen months of ethnographic fieldwork in Ghana and subsequent interviews with participants now returned to Liberia, Holzer exposes a distinctive form of rule that accompanies humanitarian intervention: compassionate authoritarianism. Humanitarians strive to relieve the suffering of refugees, but refugees have little or no access to grievance procedures, and humanitarian authorities face little or no accountability for political failures. By casting humanitarians and refugees as co-creators of a shared sociopolitical world, Holzer throws into sharp relief the contradictory elements of humanitarian crisis and of transnational interventions in poor countries more broadly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: \"The Midnight Hour in This Refugee Crisis\"\u003cb\u003ePart I. Everyday Politics in Crisis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Achieving Everyday Life in Humanitarian Crisis\u003cbr\u003e 2. Civic Engagement in the Refugee Camp\u003cbr\u003e 3. Bifurcated Governmentality\u003cb\u003ePart II. Contentious Politics in Crisis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Concerned Women Protests\u003cbr\u003e 5. Refugee Dissent as a Social Problem\u003cbr\u003e 6. Legitimacy in Repression's AftermathConclusion: Compassionate Authoritarianism\u003ci\u003eMethodological Appendix: Public Sociology and Private Compromise\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52541845078296,"sku":"9780801456909","price":20.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-concerned-women-of-buduburam-refugee-activists-and-humanitarian-dilemmas-paperback-softback-9780801456909","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}