Challenges in accessing humanitarian spaces in high-conflict contexts : ICRC, MSF, and NAC's practice of humanitarian diplomacy in Southeast Afghanistan / Andrea Furuhovde

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Document type:

Book

Subtype of document:

Thèse

Title:

Challenges in accessing humanitarian spaces in high-conflict contexts : ICRC, MSF, and NAC's practice of humanitarian diplomacy in Southeast Afghanistan

Author zone:

Andrea Furuhovde

Editor:

[S.l.] : [s.n.], 2022

Physical description:

100 p. : tabl., maps

Languages:

English

General Note:

Master's thesis, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, Spring 2022. Bibliography : p. 98-100. Source : https://bora.uib.no/bora-xmlui/handle/11250/3009673 (last accessed on 09.08.2022)

Abstract:

The nature of the practice of humanitarian diplomacy makes it a difficult subject for scholars to study and generalize and therefore has resulted in the field being dominated by single case-studies. This is especially true for high-conflict contexts. It is difficult to study humanitarian diplomacy separated from the context in which it is practiced. However, there is a lack of case-studies that contain a comparative element that can be used to determines the ability to successfully generate humanitarian spaces. This thesis aims to close that research gap by doing a comparative case-study of three non-state humanitarian actors: The International Committee of the Red Cross, Médecins Sans Frontières, and the Norwegian Afghanistan Committee. These three actors all delivered humanitarian assistance within the same high conflict context in Afghanistan. Specifically in the Southeast region between 2001 (beginning of US invasion), and up until August of 2021 (recent US withdrawal and Taliban takeover). The thesis attempts to compare the three actors’ ability to use humanitarian diplomacy to access humanitarian spaces.

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