Development and humanitarianism
Subtitle: practical issues
By: edited by Deborah Eade and Tony Vaux.
Contributors: Eade, Deborah.; Vaux, Tony.
Publisher: Kumarian Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Bloomfield, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781565492394
Subjects: Humanitarian assistance -- Developing countries.; War relief -- Developing countries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: Introductory essay: Humanitarian trends and dilemmas / Tony Vaux; value: The politics of emergency and the demise of the developing state : problems for humanitarian advocacy / Vanessa Pupavac; value: Post-war aid : patterns and purposes / Astri Suhrke and Julia Buckmaster; value: Humanitarianism and politics : the dangers of contrived separation / Volker Schimmel; value: Who really protects civilians? / Andrew Bonwick; value: Colombian peace communities : the role of NGOs in supporting resistance to violence and oppression / Gretchen Alther; value: Women and war : protection through empowerment in El Salvador / Martha Thompson and Deborah Eade; value: Everyday practices of humanitarian aid : tsunami response in Sri Lanka / Udan Fernando and Dorothea Hilhorst; value: Aid partnership in the Bougainville conflict : the case of a local women's NGO and its donors / Jonathan Makuwira; value: Art and disarmament : turning arms into plowshares in Mozambique / Frank James Tester; value: Mission impossible : gender, conflict, and Oxfam GB / Suzanne Williams; value: Women, gender, and conflict : making the connections / Martha Thompson; value: Selected resources on contemporary humanitarianism / Deborah Eade.