History and Hope : : The International Humanitarian Reader /

History and Hope : : The International Humanitarian Reader / / ed. by Kevin M. Cahill.

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History and Hope: The International Humanitarian Reader provides a better understanding—both within and outside academia—of the multifaceted demands posed by humanitarian assistance programs. The Reader is a compilation of the most important chapters in the twelve-volume International Humanitarian A...

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MitwirkendeR:
Amos, Valerie,
Annan, Kofi A.,
Benjamin, Judy A.,
Boutros-Ghali, Boutros,
Burkle, Frederick M.,
Cahill, Kevin M.,
Deng, Francis,
Destexhe, Alain,
Drake, Sir Francis,
Falk, Richard,
Goldstone, Richard J.,
Grossrieder, Paul,
Hansen, Peter,
Harding, Timothy W.,
Hollingworth, Larry,
Holshek, Christopher,
Khan, Irene,
Lupton-Bowers, Pamela,
Owen, David,
O’Hare, Joseph A.,
Rieff, David,
Rose, Sam,
Ryscavage, Richard,
Salamé, Ghassan,
Smith, Nicola,
Tarnoff, Peter,
Toye, Jeremy,
Tsui, Ed,
Veuthey, Michel,
Wahlstrom, Margareta,
Wargo, Alec,
HerausgeberIn:
Cahill, Kevin M.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:International Humanitarian Affairs
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Physical Description:1 online resource (464 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • PART I. History
  • Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-First Century: The Danger of a Setback
  • Humanitarian Ethical and Legal Standards
  • Humanitarian Vignettes
  • Humanitarian Response in the Era of Global Mobile Information Technology
  • PART II. Principles/Values
  • Neutrality or Impartiality
  • Torture
  • Issues of Power and Gender in Complex Emergencies
  • Terrorism: Theory and Reality
  • A Human Rights Agenda for Global Security
  • PART III. Evolving Norms
  • The Limits of Sovereignty
  • The Child Protection Viewpoint
  • Preserving Humanitarian Space in Long-Term Conflict
  • Humanitarian Action in a New Barbarian Age
  • PART IV. Actors
  • The Challenges of Preventive Diplomacy
  • Initial Response to Complex Emergencies and Natural Disasters
  • The Peacekeeping Prescription
  • Reviving Global Civil Society After September 11
  • The Academy and Humanitarian Action
  • Government Responses to Foreign Policy Challenges
  • Disasters and the Media
  • Humanitarian Civil-Military Coordination
  • PART V. Operational
  • Evidence-Based Health Assessment Process in Complex Emergencies
  • Teamwork in Emergency Humanitarian Relief Situations
  • Education as a Survival Strategy
  • What Can Modern Society Learn from Indigenous Resiliency?
  • PART VI. Exit Strategies
  • To Bind Our Wounds
  • The Transition from Conflict to Peace
  • Humanitarianism’s Age of Reason
  • Healing with a Single History
  • PART VII. Epilogue
  • The Evolution of a Tropicalist
  • Disturb Us, O Lord
  • Appendix: The IIHA Resource Library
  • Notes
  • Contributors
  • The Center for International Humanitarian Cooperation and the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs
  • Index

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