The politics and policies of relief, aid and reconstruction : contrasting approaches to disasters and emergencies

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The politics and policies of relief, aid and reconstruction : contrasting approaches to disasters and emergencies

edited by Fulvio Attinà

Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Bibliography: p. 240-259

Includes index

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Description

Disaster policies present a new challenge to the practitioners and students of global politics; this book explains how political science enriches the contribution of the social sciences to the study of disaster relief, aid and reconstruction following the major disaster events, both natural and man-made, of recent times.

Table of Contents

  • List of Tables and Figures List of Acronyms Note on the Contributors Preface Introduction PART I: THEORIES AND APPROACHES Humanitarian and Emergency Policies and the Change of the Global Political System
  • F.Attina Disasters: A Short History of Social Science and World Policy Perspectives
  • S.Revet Theoretical Departures to Disasters and Emergencies
  • M.Aaltola The Nexus between Security, Development and Humanitarianism: A Critical Appraisal to Multidimensional Peace Missions
  • M.R.Freire , P.D.Lopes & D.Nascimento Risk Societies in World Politics: Overcoming Disasters Together
  • N.Vanaga PART II: CASE STUDIES Catastrophe and Containment - A Critical Analysis of the U.S. Response to the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti Annica Moore The United Nations - European Union Co-operation in Aid, Relief and Reconstruction. The Haiti Case
  • C.Morsut & M.Iturre The Politics of Disaster. Coping with 'Humanitarianism' in Post-tsunami Sri Lanka
  • M.Benadusi The UN and Genocide: A Comparative Analysis of Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia
  • S.Stein Humanitarian NGOs in Peacebuilding and Reconstruction Operations
  • D.Irrera 'TragiCIMICal': An Attempt at Civil and Military Cooperation in Lebanon
  • R.F.Sapienza Concluding Remarks References

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