Humanitarian Crises Intervention And Security

Humanitarianism and Security

Humanitarianism and Security contends that the search for stability and peace remains central to the political environment within the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Despite some positive political and economic progress observed in the Central African Region and the DRC in particular, the future of the region remains uncertain. Due to many unaddressed issues, including the multidimensional manifestations of humanitarian crises, the region is fragile with the potential for a relapse into violent conflict. Moreover, the DRC’s humanitarian crises have yet to be effectively addressed as consequences and promoters of insecurity and violence. Based on the “humanitarian-security-development” paradigm as an inclusive operational framework, Humanitarianism and Security articulates the trend of peace recovery in the DRC as contingent upon issues of security and the refugee/internally displaced population crisis. It claims and demonstrates that effective solutions must incorporate considerations of pre-colonial security dynamics, the place and role of identity within the humanitarian discourse/strategies, the determinants of transitional public security (TPS), and the various dynamics regarding the return and re/integration processes, into one operational framework. This framework must be accompanied by a continued effort to build strong local institutions as a critical component to the sustainability of operations.

Humanitarian Crises, Intervention and Security

Offers a new theoretical framework for evidence-based programming in humanitarian action Encompasses the theories of security studies, anthropology and sociology for students and practitioners of humanitarian intervention Will be of much interest to students of humanitarian intervention, human security, peace and conflict studies and IR in general, as well as NGOs and policymakers

The United Nations and the Politics of Selective Humanitarian Intervention