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Autore: | Barnett Michael N. <1960-, > |
Titolo: | Humanitarianism contested : where angels fear to tread / / Michael Barnett and Thomas G. Weiss |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
Disciplina: | 361.7 |
Soggetto topico: | Humanitarian assistance |
Humanitarianism | |
International relief | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | WeissThomas George |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-146) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Humanitarianism Contested: Where angels fear to tread; Copyright; Contents; Foreword: Humanitarianism in the crossfire; Foreword by the series editor; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Humanitarianism: the essentials; 2. "Birth" and maturation, 1864-1945; 3. The traditional enterprise, 1945-89; 4. The turbulent post-Cold War era: the "new" humanitarianism?; 5. Turbulent humanitarianism since 1989: rhetoric meets reality; 6. Humanitarianism's past and possible futures: ten guiding questions; Notes; Select bibliography; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | This book provides a succinct but sophisticated understanding of humanitarianism and insight into the on-going dilemmas and tensions that have accompanied it since its origins in the early nineteenth century. Combining theoretical and historical exposition with a broad range of contemporary case studies, the book:provides a brief survey of the history of humanitarianism, beginning with the anti-slavery movement in the early nineteenth century and continuing to today's challenge of post-conflict reconstruction and saving failed statesexplains the evolution o |
Titolo autorizzato: | Humanitarianism contested |
ISBN: | 1-283-44223-X |
9786613442239 | |
0-203-82930-1 | |
1-136-81439-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910457505503321 |
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