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The ethos–practice gap: perceptions of humanitarianism in Iraq

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 May 2008

Greg Hansen
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Abstract

This article summarizes a country study on Iraq conducted by the Humanitarian Agenda: 2015 project of the Feinstein International Center, Tufts University, between October 2006 and May 2007.* Based on a sample survey of perceptions of humanitarian action among Iraqis at the community level and among humanitarian agencies in the region, the study focuses on what Iraqis and aid workers believe to be true about the way in which the humanitarian apparatus has functioned or malfunctioned in Iraq, and why. Its findings confirm both the strength of the humanitarian ethos in Iraq and the operational value of principled humanitarianism, but call attention to significant gaps at ground level between ethos and practice.

Type
Humanitarian law and action
Information
International Review of the Red Cross , Volume 90 , Issue 869: Conflict in Iraq II , March 2008 , pp. 119 - 136
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 2008

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