Humanitarian Action and Ethics

From natural disaster areas to conflict zones, humanitarian workers today find themselves operating in diverse and difficult environments. While humanitarian work has always presented unique ethical challenges, such efforts are now further complicated by the impact of globalization, the escalating refugee crisis, and mounting criticisms of established humanitarian practice.Featuring contributions from humanitarian practitioners, health professionals, and social and political scientists, this book explores the question of ethics in modern humanitarian work, drawing on the lived experience of humanitarian workers themselves. Its essential case studies cover humanitarian work in countries ranging from Haiti and South Sudan to Syria and Iraq, and address issues such as gender based violence, migration, and the growing phenomenon of ''volunteer tourism''. Together, these contributions offer new perspectives on humanitarian ethics, as well as insight into how such ethical considerations might inform more effective approaches to humanitarian work.>

Product details

• Authors: Ayesha Ahmad, Ayesha Smith Ahmad, James Smith
• Assisted by: Ayesha Ahmad (Editor), James Smith (Editor), Slim Hugo (Foreword)
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2018
• EAN: 9781786992673
• ISBN: 978-1-78699-267-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, International Relations, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Aid & relief programmes, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Social impact of disasters, Ethical issues & debates, Human rights, civil rights, Development Studies, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Ethical issues and debates, For higher / tertiary / university education, Aid and relief programmes, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, For undergraduate education and equivalents, For graduate / post-graduate and equivalents, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)