The Politics of International Humanitarian Aid Operations

List of contents

Foreword by General Sir Michael Rose
Introduction by Eric A. Belgrad
Issues and Concepts in International Humanitarian Aid Operations
The Politics of Humanitarian Aid by Eric A. Belgrad
Military Risk and Political Commitment in Humanitarian Peace Support Operations by Jim Whitman
Humanitarian Rights and Humanitarian Operations: Theoretical Observations by David P. Forsythe
Humanitarian Aid Operations and Peacekeeping by Alan James
Humanitarian Aid Operations: Case Studies
The Case of UNRWA: Five Decades of Humanitarian Aid by Nitza Nachmias
The Case of Rwanda and Burundi: Two Perspectives
Rwanda and Burundi: A Future Path for Reconciliation in Central Africa by Kenneth F. Hackett
To Save One Life Is to Save the World: The Israeli Operation in Rwanda by Michael Wiener with Nitza Nachmias
Cambodia: Relief, Repatriation and Rehabilitation by Janet E. Heininger
Humanitarian Aid in the Former Yugoslavia: The Limits of Militarized Humanitarian Assistance by Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr.
Prospects for Future Humanitarian Interventions
The United Nations Commissioner for Refugees in a Changing World by Gil Loescher
Conflict and Cooperation: Humanitarian Action in a Changing World by Thomas G. Weiss
Conclusion by Leon Gordenker
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

About the author

ERIC A. BELGRAD is Professor and Chairman in the Department of Political Science at Towson State University in Maryland.

NITZA NACHMIAS is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Haifa in Israel.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Belgrad, Nitza Nachmias
• Publisher: Praeger
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.1997
• EAN: 9780275952730
• ISBN: 978-0-275-95273-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 529 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education