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Regulating Humanitarian Governance: Humanitarianism and the 'Risk Society'
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Abstract This research advances the critical literature of humanitarian governance by demonstrating how 'risk management' is reproduced within the governance and regulatory structures of humanitarian institutions and, crucially, how it distorts patterns of emergency assistance coverage. Focusing on the impac... view more
This research advances the critical literature of humanitarian governance by demonstrating how 'risk management' is reproduced within the governance and regulatory structures of humanitarian institutions and, crucially, how it distorts patterns of emergency assistance coverage. Focusing on the impact of post-disciplinary forms of control, it reveals how humanitarian resources are disciplined by banks' responses to regulatory changes initiated by the adoption of counter-terrorist financing legislation designed to counter flows of money to terrorists. This has resulted in the systematic shedding of NGO customers and the routine blocking of their international transactions - known as derisking. In an effort to limit this, NGOs have adopted a 'precautionary approach' to managing risk in their own activities, limiting their ability to reach some of the most vulnerable populations and curtailing innovation. Furthermore, the impact of this on the governance and structure of the humanitarian system has spread beyond contexts of conflict into situations more conventionally labelled as natural disasters such as drought, enabling the exercise of new techniques of power over significant parts of the humanitarian system.... view less
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Free Keywords
Syria; banking regulation; governance; humanitarian; risk; terrorism
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 306-318
Journal
Politics and Governance, 8 (2020) 4
Issue topic
The Politics of Disaster Governance
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed