Food Assistance and the Social Construction of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
Oh, Su-Ann | December 2018
Abstract
Taking food assistance as its starting point, this article examines the underlying system of ideas that the Bangladeshi government and humanitarian organizations have about the term ‘refugee’. Through a consideration of refugee coping strategies, host government responses and humanitarian organizations’ operations on food assistance, I show that the provision of food aid is not just an apolitical act of assistance but also one which is embedded in relations of power that are continually (re)produced through laws, practice and discourse. In the conclusion, I offer some thoughts on the social construction of the term ‘refugee’ and its implications for the lives of refugees in Bangladesh.
Citation
Oh, Su-Ann. 2018. Food Assistance and the Social Construction of Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh. © ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/8559.ISSN
2335-6677
Keywords
Reproductive Health
Nutrition and Health Care
Maternal and Child Health
Family Health
Prenatal Care
Nutrition Programs
Child Nutrition
State and nutrition
Food policy
Nutrition policy
Maternity
Health Aspects Of Poverty
Prenatal Care
Nutrition Programs
Child Nutrition
Child Development
Social Conditions
Socially Disadvantaged Children
Social condition
Economic dependence
Economic assistance
Nutrition and state
Food policy
Nutrition policy
Cost and standard of living
Economic conditions
Welfare economics
Welfare state
Poor
Food relief
Poverty
Domestic economic assistance
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