| Description |
1 online resource (x, 303 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Cornell paperbacks
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Cornell paperbacks.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Humanitarianism : a brief history of the present / Michael Barnett and Thomas G. Weiss -- The rise of emergency relief aid / James D. Fearon -- The imperative to reduce suffering : charity, progress, and emergencies in the field of humanitarian action / Craig Calhoun -- Saying "no" to Wal-Mart? : money and morality in professional humanitarianism / Stephen Hopgood -- Humanitarian organizations : accountable -- why, to whom, for what, and how? / Janice Gross Stein -- The grand strategies of humanitarianism / Michael Barnett and Jack Snyder -- The power of holding humanitarianism hostage and the myth of protective principles / Laura Hammond -- Sacrifice, triage, and global humanitarianism / Peter Redfield -- The distributive commitments of international NGOs / Jennifer C. Rubenstein -- Humanitarianism as a scholarly vocation / Michael Barnett -- Humanitarianism and practitioners : social science matters / Peter J. Hoffman and Thomas G. Weiss. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
This volume addresses the humanitarian identity crisis, including humanitarianism's relationship to accountability, great powers, privatization and corporate philanthropy, warlords, and the ethical evaluations that inform life-and-death decision making during and after emergencies. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Humanitarian assistance.
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Humanitarian assistance. |
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Humanitarianism.
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Humanitarianism. |
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International relief.
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International relief. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Barnett, Michael N., 1960-
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Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Humanitarianism in question. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2008 (DLC) 2007036965 |
| ISBN |
9780801461538 (electronic book) |
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0801461537 (electronic book) |
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9780801444869 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0801444861 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780801473012 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0801473012 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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