Humanitarianisms in Latin America and the Caribbean

Humanitarianisms in Latin America and the Caribbean examines how humanitarian action is practiced, governed, and experienced across the region, from armed conflict and displacement to disasters such as hurricanes and earthquakes, as well as the enduring challenges of poverty, inequality, and structural violence. Moving beyond conventional understandings centred on emergency response, the book explores how humanitarianism is shaped by the histories, politics, and everyday realities of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Bringing together academic, practitioner, and community voices, the book critically engages with both the governance and lived experience of humanitarianisms. It emphasises the plurality of humanitarian approaches across the region and demonstrates how these challenge dominant global narratives through distinctive Latin American and Caribbean traditions of critical thought. Exploring the intersections between humanitarian action, democratic institutions, social injustice, local forms of care and resistance, and broader processes of marginalisation and political struggle, the volume positions the region not only as a site of humanitarian practice but also as a source of critical perspectives for rethinking humanitarian action globally.

Innovative, interdisciplinary, and critical by design, this book is an important resource for students, researchers, and practitioners working on humanitarianism in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as those interested in humanitarian governance, disasters, displacement, social justice, and the changing present and possible futures of humanitarian action.