Humanitarianism in question
Subtitle: politics, power, ethics
By: edited by Michael Barnett and Thomas G. Weiss.
Contributors: Barnett, Michael N., 1960-; Weiss, Thomas George.
Series: Cornell paperbacks
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9780801444869; 9780801473012
Subjects: Humanitarian assistance; Humanitarianism; International relief
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Humanitarianism : a brief history of the present / Michael Barnett and Thomas G. Weiss; title: The rise of emergency relief aid / James D. Fearon; title: The imperative to reduce suffering : charity, progress, and emergencies in the field of humanitarian action / Craig Calhoun; title: Saying "no" to Wal-Mart? : money and morality in professional humanitarianism / Stephen Hopgood; title: Humanitarian organizations : accountable; title: why, to whom, for what, and how? / Janice Gross Stein; title: The grand strategies of humanitarianism / Michael Barnett and Jack Snyder; title: The power of holding humanitarianism hostage and the myth of protective principles / Laura Hammond; title: Sacrifice, triage, and global humanitarianism / Peter Redfield; title: The distributive commitments of international NGOs / Jennifer C. Rubenstein; title: Humanitarianism as a scholarly vocation / Michael Barnett; title: Humanitarianism and practitioners : social science matters / Peter J. Hoffman and Thomas G. Weiss.