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Citizen aid: grassroots interventions in development and humanitarianism

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  • Anne-Meike Fechter
  • Anke Schwittay

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The introduction to this collection brings together, under the umbrella terms of citizen aid and grassroots humanitarianism, interdisciplinary research on small-scale, privately funded forms of aid and development. It notes the steady rise of these activities, including in the Global South as well as North, such as in the context of the recent European refugee crisis. It considers their position vis-à-vis more institutionalised forms of aid; methodological approaches and their challenges; and asks what political dimensions these initiatives may have. It outlines key themes arising from the contributions to the collection, including historical perspectives on ‘demotic humanitarianism’, questions of legitimacy and their apparent lack of professionalisation, motivations of their founders, the role of personal connections, as well as the importance of digital media for brokerage and fundraising. Being mindful of its critiques and implicit power imbalances, it suggests that citizen aid deserves more systematic academic attention.

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  • Anne-Meike Fechter & Anke Schwittay, 2019. "Citizen aid: grassroots interventions in development and humanitarianism," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(10), pages 1769-1780, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:40:y:2019:i:10:p:1769-1780
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2019.1656062
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    1. Sara Kinsbergen & Mieke Molthof, 2022. "The rise and fall of government support for small‐scale voluntary development organizations—and their remarkable resilience," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 40(2), March.
    2. Sara de Jong & Ward Berenschot & David Ehrhardt & Oliver Walton, 2023. "Agents of order? Brokerage and empowerment in development and conflict," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 35(3), pages 385-400, April.
    3. Sara Kinsbergen & Dirk-Jan Koch & Christine Plaisier & Lau Schulpen, 2022. "Long-Lasting, But Not Transformative. An Ex-post Sustainability Study of Development Interventions of Private Development Initiatives," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 34(1), pages 51-76, February.
    4. Hanrieder, Tine & Galesne, Claire, 2021. "Domestic humanitarianism: the Mission France of Médecins Sans Frontières and Médecins du Monde," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 42(8), pages 1715-1732.
    5. Selenia Marabello, 2023. "The Janus face of development brokers across migration borders," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 35(3), pages 521-535, April.

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