The Politics and Policies of Relief, Aid and Reconstruction
Subtitle: Contrasting approaches to disasters and emergencies
Publisher: Brand: Palgrave Macmillan; Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Oct 15, 2012
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9781137026729
Description: Innovation in the world's institutions and global politics as well as in the physical environment and practices of the contemporary societies has raised the need for specific and up-to-date knowledge about the politics and policies of relief, aid and reconstruction. This book advances the political analysis of international disaster policies which have been mostly in the domain of other social sciences. Exploring the formation of this field of study, this collection analyses the most recent disaster events including the Haiti earthquake, the tsunami in the Pacific Ocean and the genocide in Rwanda and Former Yugoslavia. Broadly linked to constructivism and neo-institutionalism, this book also looks at the impact of these cooperation policies on the governance of the present global system.
Notes: Source title: The Politics and Policies of Relief, Aid and Reconstruction: Contrasting approaches to disasters and emergencies