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Author Yamashita, Hikaru.

Title Humanitarian space and international politics : the creation of safe areas / Hikaru Yamashita
Published Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2004]
©2004

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Description xiii, 215 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction : the beginning of a new era? -- 1. A conceptual analysis of humanitarian space -- 2. 'Safe haven' in Northern Iraq : from shelter to homeland -- 3. 'Safe area' in Srebrenica : the dilemma of military production -- 4. 'Safe humanitarian zone' in Rwanda : a nebulous humanitarian space -- Conclusion : the end of an era?
Summary "This book, through the prism of safe areas, allows a measured assessment to be made of the place of human rights and humanitarianism in the contemporary world."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Refugees -- International cooperation.
Human rights -- International cooperation.
Humanitarian intervention.
Ethnic conflict -- Prevention.
World politics -- 1989-
LC no. 2004046327
ISBN 0754641635 alkaline paper