Humanitarian Action: A Strategic Perspective of Developmentalism

Laetitia Tosi (), Gilles Paché () and François Fulconis ()
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Laetitia Tosi: CRET-LOG - Centre de Recherche sur le Transport et la Logistique - AMU - Aix Marseille Université, AMU - Aix Marseille Université
Gilles Paché: CRET-LOG - Centre de Recherche sur le Transport et la Logistique - AMU - Aix Marseille Université, AMU - Aix Marseille Université
François Fulconis: CRET-LOG - Centre de Recherche sur le Transport et la Logistique - AMU - Aix Marseille Université, LBNC - Laboratoire Biens, Normes, Contrats - AU - Avignon Université, AU - Avignon Université

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Abstract: During acute humanitarian crises, the emergency is to take action in order to save as many lives as possible, by setting up several human and material means very rapidly. Once the pressing emergency is over the questions of reconstruction and rehabilitation arise, and more broadly, that of development. The paper looks into humanitarian development action by suggesting a strategic framework to better understand its stakes. In reference to the theoretic trends of organised strategic action and of strategy-as-practice, it introduces the original matrix highlighting six cases of humanitarian development action. The aim is to underline the diversity rather than the homogeneity of the possible approaches depending on the existence of contextual game rules and practices of strategic actors.

Keywords: Developmentalism; Humanitarian action; Emergency; Rehabilitation; Reconstruction; Strategic action; Strategy-as-practice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-09
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Published in The IUP journal of Business Strategy, 2019, 16 (3), pp.45-65

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