Humanitarian Challenges And Intervention: Second Edition - Couverture souple

Weiss, Thomas G

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0813367999 ISBN 13 : 9780813367996

Editeur : Westview Press, 2000

Synopsis

There are two distinct contemporary challenges to the relief of war-induced human suffering--one within the institutions that make up the international humanitarian system, the other on the ground in war zones. Varied interests, resources, and organizational structures within institutions hamper the effectiveness of efforts on behalf of war victims. And at the same time, on the ground, there are ethical, legal, and operational challenges and dilemmas that require actors continually to choose a course of action with associated necessary evils.Humanitarian challenges and intervention concerns within the international humanitarian system--combined with the domestic context of armed conflicts--often yield policies that do not serve the immediate requirements of victims for relief, protection of rights, stabilization, and reconstruction. Based on compelling, up-to-date case studies of the post-Cold War experience in Central America, northern Iraq, Somalia, the former Yugoslavia, and the African Great Lakes, the authors Thomas G. Weiss and Cindy Collins make recommendations for a more effective international humanitarian system.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Thomas G. Weiss is Presidential Professor at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York where he is also one of the directors of the UN Intellectual History Project and one of the editors of Global Governance. Cindy Collins is an independent consultant and a graduate student in Brown University's Department of Political Science.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Westview Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0813367999
• ISBN 13: 9780813367996
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 246
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible