Aid in Danger : : The Perils and Promise of Humanitarianism / / Larissa Fast.
Humanitarian aid workers increasingly remain present in contexts of violence and are injured, kidnapped, and killed as a result. Since 9/11 and in response to these dangers, aid organizations have fortified themselves to shield their staff and programs from outside threats. In Aid in Danger, Larissa...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Three Stories of Aid in Danger: From Baghdad and Muttur to Solferino
- Chapter 2. The Twin Challenges for Contemporary Humanitarianism
- Chapter 3. The Dangers They Face: Understanding Violence Against Aid Workers and Agencies
- Chapter 4. The Dominant Explanations: Competing Discourses of Aid
- Chapter 5. Explanations in the Shadows: Competing Images of Aid
- Chapter 6. Coping with Danger: Paradigms of Humanitarian Security Management
- Conclusion. Reclaiming Humanity
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments