Bureaucratizing the Good Samaritan
Subtitle: The Limitations of Humanitarian Relief Operations
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: January 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9780813367903
Subjects: Aid & relief programmes; Charities & voluntary services; Non-profitmaking organizations; Refugees; Sociology - General; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; International cooperation; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Sociology; International Relations - General; Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; Political Science / Social Services & Welfare; Political Science-International Relations - General; Political Science-Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; Bureaucracy; Humanitarian assistance; Rwanda
First sentence: As the Biblical parable of the Good Samaritan implies, the impulse to help a stranger in need is not new; it is a trait long admired.