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The book explores the increasing types, dimensions and dynamics of crisis threats, arguing that humanitarians can only meet challenges if they fundamentally shift their approaches to strategic and operational planning. This book will be an essential read for policymakers and practitioners as well as for researchers and students alike.
List of contents
Introduction: Cassandra’s Challenge and the Helenus Alternative 1: An Odyssey 2: The Changing Dimensions of Human Agency 3: Governance and Resource Prioritisation: From a Futures Perspective 4: Towards the Brink 5: The Entanglement Nexus 6: Managing Humanitarian Threats in a Polylateral World 7: The Humanitarian Organisation for the Future 8: The Helenus Alternative: Planning from the Future
About the author
Randolph C. Kent is Visiting Professor, African Leadership Centre, King’s College London; Honorary Professor at the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London; Senior Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute and Director of the Humanitarian Futures Programme [www.humanitarianfutures.org].
Summary
The book explores the increasing types, dimensions and dynamics of crisis threats, arguing that humanitarians can only meet challenges if they fundamentally shift their approaches to strategic and operational planning. This book will be an essential read for policymakers and practitioners as well as for researchers and students alike.
