Complex EmergenciesISBN: 978-0-7456-4019-8
Hardcover
296 pages
January 2008, Polity
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Times Literary Supplement
"Complex emergencies aims to analyse the various abusive
systems of government that have created the world's recent
humanitarian disasters. It is an important and challenging book
and, being well edited and thoroughly researched, it achieves its
stated aim."
International Affairs
"A lucid and highly accessible volume and an essential text for
anyone wishing to understand the multifaceted interaction between
conflict and its benefactors."
Journal of Peace Research
"The great value of this book is that it enables understanding
of the causes of complex emergencies. It provides powerful,
detailed analysis of many specific instances from across the
globe."
Third Way
"Combining critical theorizing and detailed knowledge of
conflict zones around the world, Keen challenges a mountain of
received wisdoms, urban myths, and simplified understandings
regarding collective violence, aid, reconstruction, and
peace-building."
Making Sense of Darfur
"Recommended for scholars of international relations and
development studies. It provides an important contribution to the
literature by synthesizing existing research about the dilemmas of
trying to intervene in complex emergencies that initially may seem
irrational to outside observers but ultimately make sense from the
perspective of the different interests involved."
Journal of Refugee Studies
"Complex Emergencies is the indispensable text on the
topic of internal war and its humanitarian implications. It
analyses how conflict functions systemically and the role of
psychological factors in extreme violence. Moreover, despite
dealing with such a difficult subject, this book is also a delight
to read."
Alex de Waal, Global Equity Initiative, Harvard
University
"In providing a powerful corrective to the urge to dismiss
African wars or terrorism as mindless violence, this book
represents David Keen at his incisive best. In this comprehensive
and challenging review of complex emergencies, Keen brilliantly
shows how factors often dismissed as irrational or unforeseen
actually function to constitute the predicament in question. For
anyone seriously concerned with what is happening in the
world’s disaster zones - whether student, policy-maker or
general public - you will not find a better or more illuminating
guide."
Mark Duffield, University of Bristol