Browsing by Author "Nurminen, Johanna"

This Master’s thesis analyzes humanitarian action in a complex and protracted setting and introduces the underlying humanitarian aid paradigm. Particularly, the research focuses on the dynamics that have contributed towards the integration of humanitarianism and a wider set of political goals, namely the convergence of humanitarian, development and peace agendas, and elaborate how humanitarian actors are turning ‘triple nexus’ into doable practice. I have focused my attention especially on the meanings humanitarian actors have given to nexus-centered thinking and how they are operationalizing it in practice. A broader aim for the study is to connect these dynamic changes to the larger discussion on the future of humanitarianism and effects on humanitarian action. The primary data consists of interviews conducted with humanitarian aid professionals as well as a selection of policy documents. I have used discourse and documentary analysis to focus on discursive changes. My core argument is that the triple nexus as an aid policy reflect a larger shift in the humanitarian paradigm as a result of the politicisation of the operational environment of humanitarian action.