Humanitarianism in question : politics, power, ethics

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Humanitarianism in question : politics, power, ethics

edited by Michael Barnett and Thomas G. Weiss

Cornell University Press, 2008

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Contents of Works

  • Humanitarianism : a brief history of the present / Michael Barnett and Thomas G. Weiss
  • The rise of emergency relief aid / James D. Fearon
  • The imperative to reduce suffering : charity, progress, and emergencies in the field of humanitarian action / Craig Calhoun
  • Saying "no" to Wal-Mart? : money and morality in professional humanitarianism / Stephen Hopgood
  • Humanitarian organizations : accountable : why, to whom, for what, and how? / Janice Gross Stein
  • The grand strategies of humanitarianism / Michael Barnett and Jack Snyder
  • The power of holding humanitarianism hostage and the myth of protective principles / Laura Hammond
  • Sacrifice, triage, and global humanitarianism / Peter Redfield
  • The distributive commitments of international NGOs / Jennifer C. Rubenstein
  • Humanitarianism as a scholarly vocation / Michael Barnett
  • Humanitarianism and practitioners : social science matters / Peter J. Hoffman and Thomas G. Weiss

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