Politics of Innocence

Politics of InnocenceBased on thorough ethnographic fieldwork in a refugee camp in Tanzania this book provides a rich account of the benevolent disciplining mechanisms of humanitarian agencies, led by the UNHCR, and of the situated, dynamic, indeterminate, and fluid nature of identity (re)construction in the camp. While the refugees are expected to behave as innocent, helpless victims, the question of victimhood among Burundian Hutu is increasingly challenged, following

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This book suggests a unique conceptual framework for designing and conducting economic policy in developing countries

The author argues for a fundamental rethink

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the new woman took centre stage in the cultural landscape of late-Victorian Britain