The psychologization of humanitarian aid: Skimming the battlefield and the disaster zone

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 103-122

  de Vos, Jan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

biopolitics; fund raising; Homo sacer; humanitarian aid; psychologization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HISTORY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

DISASTERS; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; FUND RAISING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INTERNATIONALITY; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 79960015411     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: 1461720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952695111398572     Document Type: Article

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