Humanitarianism and the quantification of human needs : minimal humanity /: minimal humanity. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Joël Glasman.
• Authors: Glasman, Joël, 1979-
• Contents: Introduction: Minimal Humanity: The Commensuration of Human Suffering on a Global Scale 1. Concepts. Elements for a genealogy of needology 2. Classifications. UNHCR and the legibility of refugees in Central Africa 3. Measures. Malnutrition, MUAC, and the materialization of anthropometry 4. Standards. The 'Sphere project' and the universalization of the vital minimum after Goma 5. Registration. Refugees and the emergence of a humanitarian field in Cameroun 6. Vulnerability. Impartial algorithms and analog malnutrition Conclusion: Infrastructures of commensurability
• Publisher Details: Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 260 pages)
• Subjects: 361.2/5; Humanitarianism; Basic needs; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Third World Development; Basic needs; Humanitarianism; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781003006954; 1003006957; 9781000762235; 1000762238; 9781000762594; 1000762599
• Related ISBNs: 9780367222154
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 15, 2020).
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