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Humanitarian Extractivism
The Digital Transformation of Aid
Häftad, 2023
371 kr
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This book investigates the digital transformation of aid as a form of humanitarian extractivism. It focuses on how practices of data extraction shift power towards states, the private sector and humanitarians.Digital initiatives aimed towards ‘fixing’ the humanitarian system, making it better and …
Red Cross Movement
Myths, Practices and Turning Points
Av Neville Wylie, Melanie Oppenheimer m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
1298 kr
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For over 150 years, the Red Cross has brought succour to the world’s needy, from sick and wounded soldiers on the battlefield, to political detainees, to those suffering the effects of natural disasters. The world’s oldest and most preeminent humanitarian movement, the relevance and status of the …
Calculating Compassion
Humanity and Relief in War, Britain 1870–1914
Av Rebecca Gill
Inbunden, 2013
1263 kr
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Calculating compassion examines the origins of British relief work in late-nineteenth-century wars on the continent and the fringes of Empire. Commencing with the Franco-Prussian war of 1870–71, it follows distinguished surgeons and ‘lady amateurs’ as they distributed aid to wounded soldiers and …
Humanitarian Intervention in the Long Nineteenth Century
Setting the Precedent
Av Alexis Heraclides, Ada Dialla
Inbunden, 2015
1129 kr
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This book is a comprehensive presentation of humanitarian intervention in theory and practice during the course of the nineteenth century. Through four case studies, it sheds new light on the international law debate and the political theory on intervention, linking them to ongoing issues, and …
Military-Humanitarian Complex in Afghanistan
Av Eric James, Tim Jacoby
Inbunden, 2016
1227 kr
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Violent conflict brings together two seemingly disparate groups: humanitarians and soldiers. This mixes and convolutes agendas, blurring lines that are often perceived to be sacrosanct. Delving deeply into the history and reasons of why these two groups work in close proximity, this study provide a …
Humanitarian Intervention in the Long Nineteenth Century
Setting the Precedent
Av Alexis Heraclides, Ada Dialla
E-bok, 2015
57 kr
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This book is a comprehensive presentation of humanitarian intervention in theory and practice during the course of the nineteenth century. Through four case studies, it sheds new light on the international law debate and the political theory on intervention, linking them to ongoing issues, and …
Islamic Charities and Islamic Humanism in Troubled Times
Häftad, 2016
341 kr
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This book is the fruit of twenty years' reflection on Islamic charities, both practically and as a key to understand the crisis in contemporary Islam. On the one hand Islam is undervalued as a moral and political force whose admirable qualities are epitomised in its strong tradition of charitable …
Humanitarian Aid, Genocide and Mass Killings
The Rwandan Experience
Av Jean-Hervé Bradol, Marc Le Pape
Häftad, 2017
446 kr
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Throughout the 1990s, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was forced to face the challenges posed by the genocide of Rwandan Tutsis and a succession of outbreaks of political violence in Rwanda and its neighbouring countries. Humanitarian workers were confronted with the execution of almost one million …
Ngo Care and Food Aid from America, 1945–80
'showered with Kindness'?
Inbunden, 2017
1217 kr
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This book provides a historical account of the NGO CARE as one of the largest humanitarian NGOs worldwide from 1945 to 1980. Readers interested in international relations and humanitarian hunger prevention are provided with fascinating insights into the economic and business related aspects of …
Global Humanitarianism and Media Culture
Av Michael Lawrence, Rachel Tavernor
Inbunden, 2018
1257 kr
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This collection interrogates the representation of humanitarian crisis, catastrophe and care. Contributors explore the refraction of humanitarian intervention from the mid-twentieth century to the present across a diverse range of media forms, including screen media (film, television and online …
History of Humanitarianism, 1755–1989
In the Name of Others
Inbunden, 2019
1201 kr
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The book traces the history of international humanitarianism from the anti-slavery movement to the end of the cold war. It is based on an extensive survey of the international literature and is retold in an original narrative that relies on a close examination of the sources. The reconstruction of …
History of Humanitarianism, 1755–1989
In the Name of Others
Häftad, 2019
360 kr
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The book traces the history of international humanitarianism from the anti-slavery movement to the end of the cold war. It is based on an extensive survey of the international literature and is retold in an original narrative that relies on a close examination of the sources. The reconstruction of …
Humanitarian Intervention in the Long Nineteenth Century
Setting the Precedent
Av Alexis Heraclides, Ada Dialla
E-bok, 2017
57 kr
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This book is a comprehensive presentation of humanitarian intervention in theory and practice during the course of the nineteenth century. Through four case studies, it sheds new light on the international law debate and the political theory on intervention, linking them to ongoing issues, and …
Ngo Care and Food Aid from America, 1945–80
'showered with Kindness'?
Häftad, 2020
506 kr
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This book provides a historical account of the NGO CARE as one of the largest humanitarian NGOs worldwide from 1945 to 1980. Readers interested in international relations and humanitarian hunger prevention are provided with fascinating insights into the economic and business related aspects of …
Red Cross Movement
Myths, Practices and Turning Points
Av Neville Wylie, Melanie Oppenheimer m. fl.
E-bok, 2020
1246 kr
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For over 150 years, the Red Cross has brought succour to the world’s needy, from sick and wounded soldiers on the battlefield, to political detainees, to those suffering the effects of natural disasters. The world’s oldest and most preeminent humanitarian movement, the relevance and status of the …
Red Cross Movement
Myths, Practices and Turning Points
Av Neville Wylie, Melanie Oppenheimer m. fl.
E-bok, 2020
1284 kr
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For over 150 years, the Red Cross has brought succour to the world’s needy, from sick and wounded soldiers on the battlefield, to political detainees, to those suffering the effects of natural disasters. The world’s oldest and most preeminent humanitarian movement, the relevance and status of the …
Humanitarian Intervention in the Long Nineteenth Century
Setting the Precedent
Av Alexis Heraclides, Ada Dialla
Häftad, 2018
407 kr
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This book is a comprehensive presentation of humanitarian intervention in theory and practice during the course of the nineteenth century. Through four case studies, it sheds new light on the international law debate and the political theory on intervention, linking them to ongoing issues, and …
Aid to Armenia
Humanitarianism and Intervention from the 1890s to the Present
Av Joanne Laycock, Francesca Piana
Inbunden, 2020
1263 kr
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Interventions on behalf of Armenia and Armenians have come to be identified by scholars and practitioners alike as defining moments in the history of humanitarianism. This volume reassesses these claims, critically examining a range of interventions by governments, international and diasporic …
Aid to Armenia
Humanitarianism and Intervention from the 1890s to the Present
Av Joanne Laycock, Francesca Piana
E-bok, 2020
294 kr
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Interventions on behalf of Armenia and Armenians have come to be identified by scholars and practitioners alike as defining moments in the history of humanitarianism. This volume reassesses these claims, critically examining a range of interventions by governments, international and diasporic …
Aid to Armenia
Humanitarianism and Intervention from the 1890s to the Present
Av Joanne Laycock, Francesca Piana
E-bok, 2020
294 kr
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Interventions on behalf of Armenia and Armenians have come to be identified by scholars and practitioners alike as defining moments in the history of humanitarianism. This volume reassesses these claims, critically examining a range of interventions by governments, international and diasporic …
Reconstructing Lives
Victims of War in the Middle East and MéDecins Sans FrontièRes
Inbunden, 2022
1302 kr
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This book attempts to establish a more holistic approach to the rehabilitation of war-injured civilians, one that adjusts to the patients’ long-term needs. Kovacic not only offers an insight into the daily realities of patients during and after rehabilitation, but seeks to develop a new way to …
Humanitarian Extractivism
The Digital Transformation of Aid
Inbunden, 2023
1201 kr
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This book investigates the digital transformation of aid as a form of humanitarian extractivism. It focuses on how practices of data extraction shift power towards states, the private sector and humanitarians.Digital initiatives aimed towards ‘fixing’ the humanitarian system, making it better and …
Everyday Humanitarianism in Cambodia
Challenging Scales and Making Relations
Inbunden, 2023
723 kr
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Faced with the scale of global challenges such as poverty and inequality, one question is where to start. Humanitarian efforts can only ever have limited reach. Among all of human suffering, whom should we support? And what shapes our choices? Such questions are at the core of this book. Through an …
Humanitarianism and the Greater War, 1914–24
Av Elisabeth Piller, Neville Wylie
Inbunden, 2023
1329 kr
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This book provides fresh perspectives on a key period in the history of humanitarianism. Drawing on economic, cultural, social and diplomatic perspectives, it explores the scale and meaning of humanitarianism in the era of the Great War. Foregrounding the local and global dimensions of the …
Hierarchies and exclusion in humanitarianism
Av Clara Egger
Inbunden, 2025
1369 kr
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While humanitarians generally present themselves as ‘do-gooders’ and use this image to gather support and funding, this edited volume addresses hierarchies and exclusions in humanitarianism – an issue that has gained increased attention. Contributions analyse how hierarchies, power asymmetries and …
Aid to Armenia
Humanitarianism and Intervention from the 1890s to the Present
Av Joanne Laycock, Francesca Piana
Häftad, 2024
303 kr
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Interventions on behalf of Armenia and Armenians have come to be identified by scholars and practitioners alike as defining moments in the history of humanitarianism. This book reassesses these claims, critically examining a range of interventions by governments, international and diasporic …
Formulating development
How Nestlé shaped the aid industry
Av Lola Wilhelm
Inbunden, 2025
1337 kr
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In the 1970s, Nestlé became a lightning rod for criticism against the food industry’s negative impacts on humans and their environment, especially in the Global South. But what has so far eluded historical scrutiny is that the picture was more nuanced.This book tells the exclusive story of how the …
Cold War humanitarians
NGOs as national political actors in the Global South
Av Maria Cullen
Inbunden, 2026
374 kr
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Oxfam and MSF clashed over the meaning of ethical humanitarian action and the relevance of human rights to their work during the Cold War. To understand why, this book compares how the NGOs’ identities were forged within specific political cultures in Britain and France. While MSF gave voice to the …
Humanitarian handicraft
History, materiality and trade, c. 1840–1980
Av Rebecca Gill, Claire Barber m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
1263 kr
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This book uncovers the overlooked history of artisanal textiles in projects aimed at social uplift and moral reform. The contributors ask what the implications of this form of gendered craft production are for our understanding of the humanitarian imagination, relations of humanitarian production …
Humanitarian mobilization in Central and Eastern Europe
Local, national and international perspectives
Av Doina Anca Cretu, Michal Frankl
Inbunden, 2025
1270 kr
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By focusing on aid in Central and Eastern Europe, this volume adds to the existent scholarly explorations of modern humanitarianism, its actors and practices. In the twentieth century, aid workers assisted victims of war and earthquakes, delivered food, supported health care, provided childcare, or …
