Citation

Keen D. Disasters 1998; 22(4): 318-327.

Affiliation

Development Studies Department, London School of Economics and Political Science. d.keen@lse.ac.uk

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9874897

Abstract

This paper looks at how departures from humanitarian principles can be accommodated, legitimised and obscured within the international humanitarian system. It looks particularly at the case of Sierra Leone between 1991 and 1995. It analyses how misinformation about the causes and dynamics of violence and regarding the aid system contribute to the erosion of humanitarian principles.

Language: en