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Humanitarianism in question :

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Humanitarianism in question :

[Book]

politics, power, ethics /

edited by Michael Barnett and Thomas G. Weiss

Ithaca :

Cornell University Press,

2008

x, 303 pages :

illustrations ;

24 cm

Cornell paperbacks

Includes bibliographical references and index

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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This volume addresses the humanitarian identity crisis, including humanitarianism's relationship to accountability, great powers, privatization and corporate philanthropy, warlords, and the ethical evaluations that inform life-and-death decision making during and after emergencies

Humanitarianism in question.

Humanitarian assistance

Humanitarianism

International relief

Humanitarian assistance

Humanitarianism

International relief

Barnett, Michael N.,1960-

Weiss, Thomas G., (Thomas George),1946-

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