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Author Weiss, Thomas G

Title Humanitarian Challenges and Intervention
Edition 2nd ed
Published Boulder : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (241 pages)
Series Dilemmas in World Politics
Dilemmas in world politics.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface to the Second Edition; List of Acronyms; Introduction; The Concept of Humanitarianism; The Layout of This Book; 1 Evolution of the Humanitarian Idea; The Evolution of the Idea of Humanitarian Action; The Idea's Codification and Institutionalization; Changing Language and Expectations of States; 2 Main Actors; Interests; Resources; Organizational Structures and Functions; 3 Rey Post-Cold War Arenas; Central America; Northern Iraq and the Gulf Crisis; Somalia; The Former Yugoslavia; Kosovo
Rwanda and the African Great LakesA Contextual Comparison; 4 Choices and Challenges in the Field; Combatants; Noncombatants; Relief Workers; Third-Party Soldiers; Dilemmas and Principles; 5 Policies of Humanitarian Intervention; Relief Fuels War; Emergency Relief Creates Recipient Dependency; Relief Versus Protection; Short-Term Relief Versus Long-Term Development; Asylum, Temporary Refuge, Camps, and Safe Havens; Africa: A Special Case; Conclusion; 6 Policies of Militarized Humanitarian Intervention; The Decision to Intervene; Phases of Intervention
Recent Trends in Militarized Humanitarian InterventionConclusion; Discussion Questions; Notes; Additional Reading and Related Web Locations; Glossary; Index
Notes Print version record
Form Electronic book
Author Collins, Cindy
ISBN 9780429963735
0429963734