Condemned to Repeat?
Subtitle: The Paradox of Humanitarian Action
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: May 31, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780801487965
Subjects: Aid & relief programmes; International institutions; Sociology; Political aspects; International Relations - General; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Social Science; Politics/International Relations; Refugees; Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; Humanitarian assistance; Case studies; International cooperation; Refugee camps
First sentence: Concerned with preserving the dignity of humanity, the term "humanitarian" encompasses constraints, or things that individuals and governments must not do, and obligations, or things that they should do.