Humanitarian Challenges and Intervention - World Politics and the Dilemmas of Help

An attempt to show how institutional concerns within the international humanitarian system, combined with the domestic context of armed conflicts, often yield policies that do not serve the immediate requirements of victims for relief, stabilization and community reconstruction.

List of contents

Evolution of the humanitarian idea; actors and arenas; operational dilemmas and challenges; current international-policy choices; immediate improvements for the post-Cold War humanitarian system.

About the author

Thomas G Weiss

Summary

An attempt to show how institutional concerns within the international humanitarian system, combined with the domestic context of armed conflicts, often yield policies that do not serve the immediate requirements of victims for relief, stabilization and community reconstruction.

Product details

• Authors: Cindy Collins, Collins Cindy, Thomas Weiss, Thomas G Weiss, Thomas G. Weiss, Thomas G. Collins Weiss, Thomas George Weiss
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.08.2000
• EAN: 9780813367996
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-6799-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Dilemmas in World Politics
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, Aid & relief programmes, Aid and relief programmes