Tag: bureaucracy
How to Love the Alien and Fight Bureaucratization: Paternalism over Partnership
Temptation 3: Paternalism over Partnership In my own experience in aid work and in conversation with many veteran colleagues, the heavy sociological question arises: Is aid colonial? The answer: sure, it can be—but it doesn’t...
How to Love the Alien and Fight Bureaucratization: The Tyranny of Donors
Temptation 2: The Tyranny of Donors Missionaries, artists, and university administrators know this temptation well. We feel the wonderful blessing of receiving aid with which to do good work, but that aid comes with a...
How to Love the Alien and Fight Bureaucratization: Refugees as Data
The biggest problem I’ve seen in my work to aid refugees is a lack of resources—financial, material, manpower, and willpower. The second biggest problem I’ve seen is the pervasive perversion of bureaucracy. This is one...