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Palgrave Studies in Development

Britain and Sierra Leone, 1997-2003

By: Tanja Schumer

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Hardcover | 15 November 2007 | Edition Number 1

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This book analyzes the contents and consistency of the British New Humanitarianism and its application to Sierra Leone, investigating the effectiveness of policy implementation and the capacity of humanitarian assistance addressing broader political objectives. Placing the experience of Sierra Leone in context with other countries--Sudan and Iraq, Tanja Sch¼mer draws key conclusions regarding the future for international humanitarian policy.

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List of Figures and Tables	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xi
Maps	p. xiii
The Politics of New Humanitarianism	p. 1
Argument in brief	p. 3
Formulating New Humanitarianism: Setting the stage	p. 4
The nature of the beast: Organizational behaviour	p. 9
Challenges to the implementation of New Humanitarianism	p. 13
Indicators for successful implementation of wider relief	p. 21
Project implementation: A methodology	p. 22
Outline	p. 24
DFID and New Humanitarianism	p. 26
Introduction	p. 26
Background: From ODA to DFID	p. 28
Towards a 'Rights and Conflict-Based New Humanitarianism'	p. 31
Fulfilling minimum standards of implementation	p. 39
Policy rationale and justification	p. 39
Joined-up government or bureaucratic competition	p. 44
Predictability and long-term policy stability	p. 48
Conclusions	p. 49
Agents of War and the Causes of Violent Conflict	p. 54
Introduction	p. 54
An abridged history of the 1991-2002 war in Sierra Leone	p. 56
Root causes of conflict	p. 61
DFID: The causes of conflict and Sierra Leone	p. 62
Governance and aid dependency	p. 65
War economy	p. 67
Militarization: The SLA, sobels and private military companies	p. 68
Violence	p. 70
External intervention and regional instability	p. 71
Conclusion	p. 72
Pax Britannica: New Humanitarianism in Sierra Leone	p. 76
Introduction	p. 76
A British Marshall Plan for Sierra Leone	p. 76
Emergency assistance	p. 79
Reintegration, reconciliation and reconstruction	p. 84
Security and Security Sector Reform	p. 86
Governance	p. 90
Justice	p. 91
Maintaining the myth of progress	p. 92
Governance	p. 93
Implementing aid in a vacuum?	p. 96
Towards a common understanding of New Humanitarianism?	p. 103
Implementing New Humanitarianism in Sierra Leone	p. 109
Introduction	p. 109
Transparency	p. 110
Agency perception of donor policy and policy impact	p. 110
Communication and co-ordination	p. 114
Top-down or bottom-up agenda setting	p. 118
Conclusion on transparency and coherence	p. 120
Control	p. 121
Promoting New Humanitarianism	p. 121
Choice of projects, project areas and partner	p. 129
Process of funding submissions	p. 137
Programme evaluation, monitoring and organizational learning	p. 141
Conclusion on control	p. 147
Conclusion	p. 148
Shifting Sands: British New Humanitarianism	p. 149
Conclusions on the implementation process of UK policy	p. 151
Policy implementation	p. 151
Conclusions on the British New Humanitarianism	p. 159
UK New Humanitarianism and Sierra Leone	p. 161
The impact of the implementation process on policy content	p. 163
Changes in the operational environment: The 'privatization' and militarization of humanitarian assistance	p. 164
DFID: A learning organization?	p. 166
Notes	p. 171
Selected Bibliography	p. 184
Index	p. 194
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