Author Description

An Anthropologist Among Aid Workers. Her Objective: To Study That Exotic Tribe, Humanitarian And Development Workers, Along With Their State And Non-state Partners, As They Export Democracy To Post-soviet Countries Of Central Asia And The Caucasus. Her Method: To Join The Tribe For Ten Years. From New York To Alma-ata, By Way Of Geneva And Baku, Laetitia Atlani-duault Provides Both An Understanding Of The Individuals Working In The Field And A Critical Analysis Of The Sweeping Political Implications Of Ngo Activities. A Focus On Supposedly De-politicized Policy Areas (notably The Prevention Of Hiv/aids Epidemic) Provides Wider Insights Into The Objectives And Practices Of International Aid Workers In Countries Beset By Rising Poverty, Drug Trafficking, Prostitution, And Decaying Education And Health Services. The Author Also Provides A Rich Canvas Of Human Stories, From The Workshops In Which Diametrically Opposed Political Approaches Often Clash To The Occasional Small Triumphs In Which Effective Public Health Interventions Are Worked Out. This Timely Book Will Be Of Great Interest Not Only To Scholars Of Post-soviet Countries, But Also To Those Interested In Humanitarian And Development Aid Worldwide. It Will Also Be Relevant For The Study Of The Anthropology Of Development, As Well As Medical And Political Anthropology.--book Jacket. List Of Figures -- An Anthropology Of International Aid Organizations -- 1. The First Steps -- New York, New York -- Good Governance And Hiv -- 2. The Legacy -- The Caucasus And Central Asia -- The Hiv/aids Epidemic -- 3. Negotiating Assistance -- Advocacy -- In Search Of Partners -- Negotiating In Order To Help -- 4. White, Red And Grey -- White -- Red -- Grey -- The Construction Of An Institutional Ideology -- The Cultural Versus The Political -- And What Of The Epidemic? Laëtitia Atlani-duault; Translated By Andrew Wilson. This Book Is Not Just A Translation But A Considerable Re-working And Updating Of A Book Published In French In 2005--p. [xi]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [115]-143) And Index. Translated From The French.