Shaping the humanitarian world / Peter Walker and Daniel Maxwell
- Bib ID:
- 4556214
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Walker, Peter, 1955-
- Description:
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- London ; New York : Routledge, 2009
- xx, 177 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780415773706
- 9780415773713
- 9780203614532
- Series:
- Global institutions series ; 31.
- Summary:
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"Providing a critical introduction to the notion of humanitarianism in global politics, tracing the concept from its origins to the twenty-first century, this book examines how the so called international community works in response to humanitarian crises and the systems that bind and divide them. By tracing the history on international humanitarian action from its early roots through the birth of the Red Cross to the beginning of the UN, Peter Walker and Daniel G. Maxwell examine the challenges humanitarian agencies face, from working alongside armies and terrorists to witnessing genocide."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Origins of the international humanitarian system
- Mercy and manipulation in the Cold War
- The globalization of humanitarianism : from the end of the Cold War to the global war on terror
- States as responders and donors
- International organizations
- NGOs and private action
- A brave new world, a better future?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Maxwell, Daniel G
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2009
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