Larissa Fast

Aid in Danger

The Perils and Promise of Humanitarianism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Larissa Fast teaches at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 161mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 623g
• ISBN-13: 9780812246032
• ISBN-10: 0812246039
• Artikelnr.: 40303871

Autorenporträt

Larissa Fast teaches at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1. Three Stories of Aid in Danger: From Baghdad and Muttur to
Solferino 00
Chapter 2. The Twin Challenges for Contemporary Humanitarianism
Chapter 3. The Dangers They Face: Understanding Violence Against Aid
Workers and Agencies
Chapter 4. The Dominant Explanations: Competing Discourses of Aid
Chapter 5. Explanations in the Shadows: Competing Images of Aid
Chapter 6. Coping with Danger: Paradigms of Humanitarian Security
Management
Conclusion. Reclaiming Humanity
List of Interviewees
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments