The politics of emergency and the demise of the developing state: problems for humanitarian advocacy
- 1 June 2006
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Development in Practice
- Vol. 16 (3-4), 255-269
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09614520600694794
Abstract
This article discusses humanitarian advocacy in the contemporary world within the wider crisis of political vision. Humanitarian advocacy over the past 15 years, drawing attention to how crises have been precipitated by state policies, has sought international intervention to protect people. It has consequently become associated with challenging the national sovereignty of the developing state. The author contends that the weak state is the problem, and suggests that the existing paradigm of humanitarian advocacy helps to legitimise the erosion of equality among sovereign states and the reassertion of international inequalities.Keywords
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