1st Edition

The Humanitarian Exit Dilemma The Moral Cost of Withdrawing Aid

By Chin Ruamps Copyright 2023
156 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

156 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

156 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

How should humanitarian organisations respond when their aid goes awry? Should they stay and remain engaged with the needy, or should they withdraw and leave? Investigating the choices involved and the judgements required when tackling these questions, this book explores the unique ‘Humanitarian Exit Dilemma’ that confronts humanitarian organisations. Humanitarian practitioners often are too... Read more

Chapter 1: Introduction  Chapter 2: The Manifestation of Humanitarian Exit Dilemma  Chapter 3: Special Relationships in Conflict  Chapter 4: Vulnerability and Distinct Obligation  Chapter 5: Affected Populations’ Reasonable Expectations and Promissory Obligation  Chapter 6: A Normative Account to Address the Humanitarian Exit Dilemma

Biography

Chin Ruamps is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Management, Society and Communication at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. She is also a member of the Centre for Business and Development Studies.

"This is a very important contribution to the growing field of humanitarian ethics. Exit ethics will become more pressing in humanitarian policy as climate emergency, authoritarianism and budget cuts increase around the world. Chin Ruamps delivers an original approach which avoids the misleading simplicity of utilitarian arguments to focus on human values, binding relationships and moral obligations. A vital read."
Hugo Slim, Las Casas Institute for Social Justice, University of Oxford, UK