Humanitarian Crises, Intervention and Security : A Framework for Evidence-based Programming

This book presents a new framework of analysis to assess natural and man-made disasters and humanitarian crises, and the feasibility of interventions in these complex emergencies.

The past half-century has witnessed a dramatic increase in such crises - such as in Haiti, Iraq and Sudan - and this volume aims to pioneer a theory-based, interdisciplinary framework that can assist students and practitioners in the field to acquire the skills and expertise necessary for evidence-based decision-making and programming in humanitarian action. It has four major objectives:

• To provide a tool for diagnosing and understanding complex emergencies, and build on the concepts of state security and human security to provide a ‘Snap-Shot Analysis’ of the status quo;
• To provide a tool for analysing the causes of crises as well as the related stakeholder field;
• To provide a frame to structure and analyse the information required to evaluate, monitor and/or design interventions for different actors on a project and/or programme level;
• To combine concepts used in the humanitarian field with underlying theory in a practically relevant way.

The book will be of much interest to students of humanitarian intervention, human security, peacebuilding, development studies, peace studies and IR in general.

Liesbet Heyse is assistant professor in organization sociology at the Department of Sociology/ICS, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. She is author/editor of two books.

Andrej Zwitter is professor of International Relations, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He is author/editor of three books.

Rafael Wittek is professor of sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He is author/editor of two books.

Joost Herman is professor of globalisation studies and humanitarian action, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He is author/editor of three books.