Humanitarian Challenges and Intervention World Politics and the Dilemmas of Help |
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| Author:
| Weiss, Thomas G.
Collins, Cindy |
| Series title: | Dilemmas in World Politics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8133-2845-4 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1996 |
| Publisher: | Avalon Publishing
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| Imprint: | Westview Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $38.00 |
Book Description:
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Humanitarian Challenges and Intervention shows how institutional concerns within the international humanitarian system--combined with the domestic context of armed conflicts--often yield policies that do not serve the immediate requirements of victims for relief, stabilization, and community reconstruction. Based on case studies of the post-Cold War experience in Central America, northern Iraq, Somalia, the former Yugoslavia, and Rwanda, the authors make recommendations for...
More Description Humanitarian Challenges and Intervention shows how institutional concerns within the international humanitarian system--combined with the domestic context of armed conflicts--often yield policies that do not serve the immediate requirements of victims for relief, stabilization, and community reconstruction. Based on case studies of the post-Cold War experience in Central America, northern Iraq, Somalia, the former Yugoslavia, and Rwanda, the authors make recommendations for a more effective and efficient humanitarian system.