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Aid and Violence, with Special Reference to Sierra Leone
Author(s) -
Keen David
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/1467-7717.00095
Subject(s) - sierra leone , humanitarian aid , misinformation , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , political science , suicide prevention , occupational safety and health , injury prevention , computer security , sociology , environmental health , law , socioeconomics , medicine , computer science
This paper looks at how departures from humanitarian principles can be accommodated, legitimised and obscured within the international humanitarian system. It looks particularly at the case of Sierra Leone between 1991 and 1995. It analyses how misinformation about the causes and dynamics of violence and regarding the aid system contribute to the erosion of humanitarian principles.