Managing the Undesirables
Managing the Undesirables
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Published:
3 December, 2010
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Description
After seven years of study in the refugee camps, Michel Agier reveals their 'disquieting ambiguity' and stresses the imperative need to take into account forms of improvisation and challenge that are currently transforming the camps, sometimes making them into towns and heralding the emergence of political subjects.
A radical critique of the foundations, contexts, and political effects of humanitarian action.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780745649023 |
| ISBN10 | 0745649025 |
| Number Of Pages | 300 |
| Item Weight | 476 g |
| Product Dimensions | 150 x 229 x 20 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
"One of the most important books on humanitarian assistance to emerge in several years."
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"An impassioned and tireless explorer of 'useless' and hence 'undesirable' populations, Michel Agier asks here about their future: how can they be returned to the human family, brought back from non-existence into the social world, from the camp to the town, from a life without time into history? How can they rediscover a place on the map of the world, and pass from the status of reject to that of subject? Urgent and indispensable reading for all who reflect on action to be taken, or are called on to take such action."
Zygmunt Bauman
Author's Bio
Michel Agier is an anthropologist and director of studies at the Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement and the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales.