International Aid and Urban Change : Humanitarian Presence in Bamako, Abidjan, Nairobi and Juba

de Roulet, Pablo

doi:10.3726/b20053

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de Roulet, Pablo

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Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)

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English

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Abstract

The presence of expatriate humanitarian workers in African cities is not neutral. Country capitals receive large and sudden influx of expatriates during humanitarian crises responses. This book examines the influence of this presence on the local urban ecosystem, from the building of a security discourse to the self-segregation of aid agencies in expatriate enclaves. The examples of Abidjan, Bamako, Juba and Nairobi illustrate different variants of urban change induced by the normative power of aid organisations.

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https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/91730

Keywords

Abidjan; Bamako; Change; Humanitarian; International; Juba; Nairobi; Pablo; Presence; Roulet; Urban; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPA Political science and theory