Glasman, Joël

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Humanitarianism and the quantification of human needs minimal humanity / Joël Glasman. . — New York : Routledge, 2020.

xiv, 250 p. 25 cm. — ( Routledge humanitarian studies ).

Introduction Minimal humanity - the commensuration of human suffering on a global scale -- Concepts Elements of a genealogy of needology -- Classifications UNHCR and the legibility of refugees in Central Africa -- Artifacts Malnutrition, MUAC, and the materialization of anthropometry -- Standards The Sphere Project and the universalization of the vital minimum after Goma -- Registration Refugees and the emergence of the humanitarian field in Cameroon -- Vulnerability Impartial algorithms and analog malnutrition -- Conclusion Infrastructure of commensurability.

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Humanitarianism.
Basic needs.
Disaster Relief