03940nam 2200673zu 450 991106491430332120260205154658.01-5261-8994-19781526189943(CKB)43368566000041(DE-B1597)BR1327124(DE-B1597)9781526189943(EXLCZ)994336856600004120251121|2025uuuu || |engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHumanitarian mobilization in Central and Eastern Europe Local, national and international perspectives /Doina Anca Cretu, Michal FranklManchesterManchester University Press, [2025]©20251 online resource1-5261-8992-5 1-5261-8993-3 Front Matter -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction / Doina Anca Cretu, Michal Frankl -- I Local humanitarianism -- 1 Save the (workers') children / Friederike Kind-Kovács -- 2 Ethnicizing aid / Franciszek Zakrzewski -- 3 When the 'socialist good life' met its match / Cristian Capotescu -- 4 Self-organized care for older people in East Germany / Maren Hachmeister -- II National humanitarianism -- 5 The Czechoslovak Red Cross and refugee children from Greece and North Korea / Nikola Tohma -- 6 Refugees in the 'better Germany' / Julia Reinke -- III Transnational humanitarianism -- 7 How to leave Central Europe? Transnational, humanitarian state building and the post-Habsburg transition / Gábor Egry -- 8 Western perceptions of Czechoslovak humanitarian interactions under Nazi occupation, 1938-1939 / Laura Brade -- 9 'The same spirit that led me into war' / Ruth Nattermann -- 10 Religious humanitarianism / Sarah Knoll -- IndexBy focusing on aid in Central and Eastern Europe, this volume adds to the existent scholarly explorations of modern humanitarianism, its actors and practices. In the twentieth century, aid workers assisted victims of war and earthquakes, delivered food, supported health care, provided childcare, or sheltered refugees. The contributors not only reconstruct these diverse histories and their protagonists, but also bring international, national, and local actors together: from grassroots activists to private associations to state-driven "socialist humanitarians" to large Western aid organizations. In doing so, they challenge the often unidirectional, from West-to-East, and asymmetrical perspective on donor-recipient relationships in humanitarian processes.HISTORY / Europe / EasternbisacshSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / GeneralbisacshPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / GeneralbisacshactivismaiddevelopmentEast-Central EuropeEastern EuropeHumanitarianismlocal humanitarian initiativesmobilisationreliefl wars and conflictstate-buildingCentral EuropeRefugeesSocialist humanitarianismWelfareTransnational historyChild reliefPrivate humanitarianismFaith-based humanitarianismHISTORY / Europe / Eastern.SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General.Cretu Doina AncaFrankl MichalDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9911064914303321Humanitarian mobilization in Central and Eastern Europe4585918UNINA