The Selfish Altruist
Subtitle: Relief Work in Famine and War
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Published: July 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9781853837760
Subjects: Aid & relief programmes; Politics / Current Events; International Relations - General; Economic And Technical Assistance; International Agencies; Sociology - General; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; Nonprofit Organizations & Charities; Disaster Relief & Rescue Operations; Business & Economics / Nonprofit Organizations & Charities; War relief; Altruism; Food relief; Humanitarian assistance; Oxfam
Description: "In the Selfish Altruist, Tony Vaux brings over 20 years' experience as one of Oxfam's leading emergency programmes coordinators to a far-reaching and unflinching account of the conflicts between subjective impulses and objective judgement. Describing and analysing some of the most traumatic crisis situations of the last two decades, he helps us to understand what it takes to be an aid worker and how important humanitarian action is today."--BOOK JACKET.