LEADER 04155nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910823251103321 005 20240416115334.0 010 $a0-8014-6863-9 010 $a1-336-20817-1 010 $a0-8014-6864-7 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801468643 035 $a(CKB)2550000001192985 035 $a(OCoLC)847001581 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10689191 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001076016 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11605655 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001076016 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11251360 035 $a(PQKB)10234411 035 $a(DE-B1597)481692 035 $a(OCoLC)987933900 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801468643 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138467 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10689191 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL752103 035 $a(OCoLC)922998393 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138467 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001192985 100 $a20011231d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCondemned to repeat? $ethe paradox of humanitarian action /$fFiona Terry 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aIthaca ;$aLondon $cCornell University Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (299 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8014-8796-X 311 $a0-8014-3960-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tMaps -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. Humanitarian Action and Responsibility -- $t2. The Afghan Refugee Camps in Pakistan -- $t3. The Nicaraguan and Salvadoran Refugee Camps in Honduras -- $t4. The Cambodian Refugee Camps in Thailand -- $t5. The Rwandan Refugee Camps in Zaire -- $t6. Humanitarian Action in a Second-Best World -- $tAppendix: Documents from the Rwandan Refugee Camps -- $tIndex 330 $aHumanitarian groups have failed, Fiona Terry believes, to face up to the core paradox of their activity: humanitarian action aims to alleviate suffering, but by inadvertently sustaining conflict it potentially prolongs suffering. In Condemned to Repeat?, Terry examines the side-effects of intervention by aid organizations and points out the need to acknowledge the political consequences of the choice to give aid. The author makes the controversial claim that aid agencies act as though the initial decision to supply aid satisfies any need for ethical discussion and are often blind to the moral quandaries of aid. Terry focuses on four historically relevant cases: Rwandan camps in Zaire, Afghan camps in Pakistan, Salvadoran and Nicaraguan camps in Honduras, and Cambodian camps in Thailand.Terry was the head of the French section of Medecins sans frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) when it withdrew from the Rwandan refugee camps in Zaire because aid intended for refugees actually strengthened those responsible for perpetrating genocide. This book contains documents from the former Rwandan army and government that were found in the refugee camps after they were attacked in late 1996. This material illustrates how combatants manipulate humanitarian action to their benefit. Condemned to Repeat? makes clear that the paradox of aid demands immediate attention by organizations and governments around the world. The author stresses that, if international agencies are to meet the needs of populations in crisis, their organizational behavior must adjust to the wider political and socioeconomic contexts in which aid occurs. 606 $aRefugee camps$vCase studies 606 $aHumanitarian assistance$xPolitical aspects 606 $aRefugees$xInternational cooperation 606 $aCivil war$vCase studies 615 0$aRefugee camps 615 0$aHumanitarian assistance$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aRefugees$xInternational cooperation. 615 0$aCivil war 676 $a361.2/6 700 $aTerry$b Fiona$01714289 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823251103321 996 $aCondemned to repeat$94107977 997 $aUNINA