Aid and relief programmes Books
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC I Shall Not Hate
Book SynopsisHeart-breaking, hopeful and horrifying, I Shall Not Hate is a Palestinian doctor''s inspiring account of his extraordinary life, growing up in poverty but determined to treat his patients in Gaza and Israel regardless of their ethnic origin. A London University- and Harvard-trained Palestinian doctor who was born and raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip and who has devoted his life to medicine and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians'' (New York Times), Abuelaish is an infertility specialist who lives in Gaza but works in Israel. On the strip of land he calls home (where 1.5 million Gazan refugees are crammed into a few square miles) the Gaza doctor has been crossing the lines in the sand that divide Israelis and Palestinians for most of his life - as a physician who treats patients on both sides of the line, as a humanitarian who sees the need for improved health and education for women as the way forward in the Middle East. AnTrade Review'This story is a necessary lesson against hatred and revenge.' * Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate *'In this book, Doctor Abuelaish has expressed a remarkable commitment to forgiveness and reconciliation that describes the foundation for a permanent peace in the Holy Land.' * President Jimmy Carter *‘A remarkable study of compassion, and of daily life in the Gaza Strip' * Sunday Times *If there is to be peace in the Middle East, it will come through men and women of his giant moral stature and epic capacity for forgiveness. I urge everybody to read this wonderful book.' * Peter Oborne, Daily Telegraph *
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Oxford University Press The White Mans Burden
Book SynopsisWe are all aware of the extreme hunger and poverty that afflict the world''s poor. We hear the facts, see the images on television, buy the T-shirt and are moved as individuals and governments to dig deep into our pockets. Yet what happens to all this aid? Why after 50 years and $2.3 trillion are there still children dying for lack of twelve cents medicine? Why are there so many people still living on less than $1 a day without clean water, food, sanitation, shelter, education or medicine?In The White Man''s Burden William Easterly, acclaimed author and former economist at the World Bank, addresses these twin tragedies head on. While recognising the energy and compassion behind the campaign to make poverty history he argues urgently and powerfully that grand plans and good intentions are a part of the problem not the solution. Giving aid is not enough, we must ensure that it reaches the people who need it most and the only way to make this happens is through accountability and by learning from past experiences. Without claiming to have all the answers, William Easterly chastises the complacent and patronising attitude of the West that attempts to impose solutions from above. In this book, which is by turns angry, moving, irreverent but always rigorous, he calls on each and everyone of us to take responsibility, whether donors, aid workers or ordinary citizens, so that more aid reaches the people it is supposed to help, the mother who cannot feed her children, the little girl who has to collect firewood rather than go to school, the father who cannot work because he has been crippled by war.Trade ReviewCompelling reading...Easterly's book is an important one, and the arguments he raises cannot and should not be ignored. * London Book Review.com *Table of ContentsWHY PLANNERS CANNOT BRING PROSPERITY; ACTING OUT THE BURDEN; THE WHITE MAN'S ARMY; THE FUTURE
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Penguin Books Ltd Dark Star Safari
Book SynopsisDark Star Safari is Paul Theroux''s now classic account of a journey from Cairo to Cape Town.Travelling across bush and desert, down rivers and across lakes, and through country after country, Theroux visits some of the most beautiful landscapes on earth, and some of the most dangerous. It is a journey of discovery and of rediscovery -- of the unknown and the unexpected, but also of people and places he knew as a young and optimistic teacher forty years before.Safari in Swahili simply means journey, and this is the ultimate safari. It is Theroux in his element -- a trip where chance encounter is everything, where departure and arrival times are an irrelevance, and where contentment can be found balancing on the top of a truck in the middle of nowhere.Praise for Paul Theroux:''Theroux''s work remains the standard by which other travel writing must be judged'' Observer''One needs energy to keep up with the extraordinary,
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HarperCollins Publishers Frontline
Book SynopsisA heroic doctor's unflinchingly honest and visceral tale of impossible choices in emergency medicine.A brilliant insight into the forgotten heroes at the sharp end of humanitarian emergencies.' Jon Snow, Channel 4 NewsWinner of a Pride of Manchester Lifetime Achievement AwardThis is a story of tireless hard work and astonishing bravery.Tony Redmond has deployed to wars, refugee crises, air crashes, earthquakes, typhoons, volcanoes, and disease outbreaks for over thirty years. Featuring tales of hope and redemption, as well as untold suffering and mismanagement, this raw, honest account could only have been written by someone who has for decades performed incredible feats of altruism.Frontline takes the reader from the wards of Manchester's Nightingale hospital to Kosovo, from Sierra Leone's Ebola outbreak to Lockerbie, and from Haiti to the Philippines. We find its author risking life and limb to help those affected by events beyond their control.But while humanitarian work and medicine require an innate goodness, not all those involved have benign motives. And saving lives requires difficult choices: between the desire to relieve suffering and the need to weigh up the context. Too often medical aid is found wanting, doing more harm than good.How are life-or-death choices made in the heat of the moment? What are the consequences of your action, or inaction? Is it better at times to do nothing? How do you live with yourself if you want to help but can't?This is a frank account of the personal toll physical, mental and social emergency medicine levies on those who choose to do it. But ultimately, Frontline offers a tale of optimism, persistence and triumph over adversity, speaking to the resilience and fortitude of those who help and those whose lives they save.Trade Review‘A stunning example of humanity in action.’ Kate Adie CBE ‘A true Humanitarian.’ David Nott, author of War Doctor 'A brilliant book by a courageous medic at the perilous forefront of disaster medicine.' Professor Stephen Westaby, author of Fragile Lives ‘Redmond displays a dogged determination. … The impetus for his career in catastrophe has always been the desire to care and to make a difference.’ The Guardian ‘Redmond has been shot at, spent months sleeping on floors, seen countless children die and often lived in fear for his own life and that of his team.’ The Independent ‘An impressive story of courage and compassion, at great personal risk — and cost.' Gavin Francis, author of Adventures in Human Being ‘The vividly told story of a remarkable man. An inspiring book, full of humanity and goodness.’ Martin Sixsmith, author of Philomena and The Litvinenko File ‘Tony Redmond’s story of extraordinary bravery and compassion is devastating and inspiring in equal measure. A book of rare insight and candour.’ Dan Jarvis MP, author of Long Way Home: Love, life, death, and everything in between 'This is the extraordinary story of an inspiring humanitarian. Dr Redmond has shown over decades that with the determination to save and change lives there is no limit to giving and altruism.' Dr Waheed Arian, author of In the Wars
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Penguin Books Ltd Dead Aid Why aid is not working and how there is
Book SynopsisDambisa Moyo''s Dead Aid reveals why millions are actually poorer because of aid, unable to escape corruption and reduced, in the West''s eyes, to a childlike state of beggary. We all want to help. Over the past fifty years $1 trillion of development aid has flowed from Western governments to Africa, with rock stars and actors campaigning for more. But this has not helped Africa. It has ruined it. Dead Aid shows us another way. Using hard evidence to illustrate her case, Moyo shows how, with access to capital and with the right policies, even the poorest nations can turn themselves around. First we must destroy the myth that aid works - and make charity history. ''Articulate, self-confident and angry ... this book marks a turning point'' Spectator ''A damning assessment of the failures of sixty years of western development'' Financial Times ''Kicks over the traditional pTrade ReviewA damning assessment of the failures of sixty years of western development * Financial Times *Kicks over the traditional piety that Western aid benefits the third world -- Books of the Year * Sunday Herald *Dambisa Moyo makes a compelling case for a new approach -- Kofi AnnanProvocative ... incendiary ... a double-barrelled shotgun of a book * Daily Mail *This reader was left wanting a lot more Moyo, a lot less Bono -- Niall Ferguson
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Saving Lives and Staying Alive: The
Book SynopsisMuch like the large commercial companies, most humanitarian aid organisations now have departments specifically dedicated to protecting the security of their personnel and assets. The management of humanitarian security has gradually become the business of professionals who develop data collection systems, standardized procedures, norms, and training meant to prevent and manage risks. A large majority of aid agencies and security experts see these developments as inevitable -- all the more so because of quantitative studies and media reports concluding that the dangers to which aid workers are today exposed are completely unprecedented. Yet, this trend towards professionalisation is also raising questions within aid organisations, MSF included. Can insecurity be measured by scientific means and managed through norms and protocols? How does the professionalisation of security affect the balance of power between field and headquarters, volunteers and the institution that employs them? What is its impact on the implementation of humanitarian organizations' social mission? Are there alternatives to the prevailing security model(s) derived from the corporate world?Building on MSF's experience and observations of the aid world by academics and practitioners, the authors of this book look at the drivers of the professionalization of humanitarian security and its impact on humanitarian practices, with a specific focus on Syria, CAR and kidnapping in the Caucasus.Trade Review'Humanitarian work has always been dangerous, though cultures and perceptions of risk have changed -- ranging from the heroic spirit of chivalry to the mundanity of actuarial calculus. In this comprehensive and critical -- and rivetingly frank -- collection, MSF once again shows its capacity for thoughtful engagement with the toughest humanitarian dilemmas.' * Alex de Waal, Executive Director, the World Peace Foundation, Tufts University *'Dealing with one of the most pressing security issues in our present age of conflict -- the safety of those who save others -- this book directly confronts some of the painful tensions between the desire to increase the safety of volunteer medical workers and the frustrations of that process. This is essential reading not only for risk management and voluntary organisation experts, but also for a wider audience as a testimony of our times.' * Michael Power, Professor of Accounting, London School of Economics, former Director of the Centre for the Analysis of Risk and Regulation, and author of Organized Uncertainty: Designing a World of Risk Management *'At a time when gaining humanitarian access is increasing difficult and dangerous for international aid workers, MSF's Saving Lives and Staying Alive is essential reading for anyone wanting a candid first-hand account of the fraught policy, practical and political issues that accompany the attempt to help others in a polarised world.' * Mark Duffield, Emeritus Professor, Global Insecurities Centre, University of Bristol *'A timely and important contribution to debates about humanitarian security and the security management sector. Drawing upon decades of operational experience, MSF challenges accepted wisdom and offers a thoughtful critique of the evolution and professionalization of the sector. The book is a must-read for humanitarians everywhere.' * Larissa Fast, author of Aid in Danger: The Perils and Promise of Humanitarianism *'Is it worth risking lives to save lives? Is the humanitarian spirit of sacrifice a delusion, requiring harsh security restraints, or is risk management a contradiction in terms? This book questions the validity of a remotely controlled, apolitical and technical approach to staff security, and argues that, in a climate of operational uncertainty, nothing trumps trust in the judgment of seasoned staff on the ground.' * Dirk Salomons, Professor of International Affairs, Columbia University *
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Welsh Academic Press Aberfan: Government and Disaster
Book SynopsisOn 21 October 1966, 116 children and 28 adults died when a mountainside coal tip collapsed, engulfing homes and part of a school in the village of Aberfan below. It is a moment that will be forever etched in the memories of many people in Wales and beyond. Aberfan - Government & Disaster is widely recognised as the definitive study of the disaster. Following meticulous research of public records - kept confidential by the UK Government’s 30-year rule - the authors, in this revised second edition, explain how and why the disaster happened and why nobody was held responsible. Iain McLean and Martin Johnes reveal how the National Coal Board, civil servants, and government ministers, who should have protected the public interest, and specifically the interests of the people of Aberfan, failed to do so. The authors also consider what has been learned or ignored from Aberfan such as the understanding of psychological trauma and the law concerning ‘corporate manslaughter’. Aberfan - Government & Disaster is the revised and updated second edition of Iain McLean and Martin Johnes’ acclaimed study published in 2000, which now solely focuses on Aberfan.Trade Review'The full truth about Aberfan' The Guardian; 'The research is outstanding...the investigation is substantial, balanced and authoritative...this is certainly the definitive book on the subject...Meticulous.' John R. Davis, Journal of Contemporary British History; 'Excellent...thorough and sympathetic.' Headway 2000 (Aberfan's Community Newspaper); 'Definitive...authoritative...anyone who wants to understand the process of government and its obsession with secrecy should read this book.' Ron Davies, Secretary of State for Wales 1997-1998; 'Intelligent and moving' PlanetTable of ContentsForeword Preface 1. The Last Day before Half-term 2. On Moles and the Habits of Birds: The Unpolitics of Aberfan 3. Uneasy Relationships: The Aberfan Disaster, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council and Local Politics 4. The Management of Trauma 5. Regulating and Raiding Gifts of Generosity: The Aberfan Disaster Fund 6. Aberfan Then and Now Bibliography
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Pambazuka Press Ending Aid Dependence
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Manchester University Press A History of Humanitarianism, 1755–1989: In the
Book SynopsisThe 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 humanitarianism’s long history unfolds around some crucial moments and events: the colonial expansion of European countries, the two world wars and their aftermaths, the emergence of a new postcolonial order. In terms of its contents, narrative style, interpretative approach the book is aimed at a large and diverse public including: scholars who are studying and teaching humanitarianism; students who need to learn about humanitarianism as part of their training or research; operators and volunteers who are engaged in the field; non-specialist readers who are interested in the topic because of its relevance to current events.Table of ContentsPreface to the English editionIntroductionPart I: Archaeology of international humanitarianism1 Saving humanity, abolishing slavery2 Colonial humanitarianismPart II: Humanitarianism in wartime3 La guerre et la charité4 ‘Chaotic years of peace'5 Aftermath of the Second World War: humanitarianism at a crossroads?Part III: From Europe to the Third World6 Fighting poverty and hunger7 Humanitarian emergenciesEpilogue: a ‘new humanitarianism’?BibliographyIndex
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Cry from the Deep
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Vintage Publishing ABed for the Night Humanitarianism in Crisis by
Book SynopsisTimely and controversial, A Bed for the Night reveals how humanitarian organizations trying to bring relief in an ever more violent and dangerous world are often betrayed and misused, and have increasingly lost sight of their purpose. Drawing on first-hand reporting from hot war zones around the world - Bosnia, Rwanda, Congo, Kosovo, Sudan and, most recently, Afghanistan - David Rieff shows us what humanitarian aid workers do in the field and the growing gap between their noble ambitions and their actual capabilities for alleviating suffering. Tracing the origins of major humanitarian organizations such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, and CARE, he describes how many of them have moved from their founding principle of neutrality, which gave them access to victims, to encouraging the international community to take action to stop civil wars and ethnic cleansing. Rieff demonstrates how this advocacy has come at a high priTrade ReviewThoughtful and eminently readable * Washington Post *An achievement of profound intelligence and courage of conviction -- Nadine GordimerA Bed for the Night provides an excellent antidote to the hollow cliches and generalizations that often blur and distort the horribly real problems of helping the world's most afflicted people -- Brian Urquhart, former Undersecretary General of the United NationsAn absorbing and thoughtful book. David Rieff has taken a great subject - exile, in this case the exile of Cubans in Miami - and been fully responsive and responsible to it. Paradise lost is a great theme.and David Rieff has treated it with Miltonic assurance. It is a book to be savoured and reread -- Larry McMurtry
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Oxford University Press Inc The Frontlines of Peace An Insiders Guide to
Book SynopsisAt turns surprising, funny, and gut-wrenching, this is the hopeful story of the ordinary yet extraordinary people who have figured out how to build lasting peace in their communitiesThe word peacebuilding evokes a story we''ve all heard over and over: violence breaks out, foreign nations are scandalized, peacekeepers and million-dollar donors come rushing in, warring parties sign a peace agreement and, sadly, within months the situation is back to where it started--sometimes worse. But what strategies have worked to build lasting peace in conflict zones, particularly for ordinary citizens on the ground? And why should other ordinary citizens, thousands of miles away, care? In The Frontlines of Peace, Severine Autesserre, award-winning researcher and peacebuilder, examines the well-intentioned but inherently flawed peace industry. With examples drawn from across the globe, she reveals that peace can grow in the most unlikely circumstances. Contrary to what most politicians preach, building peace doesn''t require billions in aid or massive international interventions. Real, lasting peace requires giving power to local citizens.The Frontlines of Peace tells the stories of the ordinary yet extraordinary individuals and organizations that are confronting violence in their communities effectively. One thing is clear: successful examples of peacebuilding around the world, in countries at war or at peace, have involved innovative grassroots initiatives led by local people, at times supported by foreigners, often employing methods shunned by the international elite. By narrating success stories of this kind, Autesserre shows the radical changes we must take in our approach if we hope to build lasting peace around us--whether we live in Congo, the United States, or elsewhere.Trade ReviewHaving worked as an international aid worker in 12 different conflict zones, Autesserre, through her memoir and reporting, lays down a compelling account advocating for the need for grassroots initiatives for peacebuilding. The book comes as another addition to the authors extensive work addressing the failure of international interventions in building sustainable peace. * India Quarterly *[Autesserre] offers a crucial contribution to the growing body of literature which seeks to challenge the common assumptions, narratives, methodologies and strategies that have dominated the aid and peacemaking industry thus far. ... [The book] provides a great introductory insight into the world of peacebuilding, both theoretically, in terms of both mainstream and critical strategies and discourses, and practically, in terms of working with (or rather to ameliorate) international peacebuilding organizations. * The International Spectator *Autesserre's contrast of Peace, Inc., with local, creative initiatives that can build peace (in the United States as well as around the globe) offers a clear picture of two very different approaches, and it provides a compelling argument for why ordinary people can have outsized effects on violence. * African Conflict & Peacebuilding Review *Autesserre's book provides some fascinating insights into how localised peace approaches can work, and some of the paths that have not worked. The book represents an excellent introduction for students, as well as an important step forward in providing greater clarity around localized peace for both academics and peacebuilders. * The Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding *For anyone who really cares about improving the work of this flawed but still all too necessary field, Autesserres book makes for essential and uncomfortable reading. * Gordon Peake, Devpolicy Blog *Autesserre is the rare breed of academic who writes with passion, clarity, and a storyteller's eye for detail... she brings to the table nuance, rigor, passion, and firsthand knowledge, having previously cut her teeth as a peacebuilder herself... her contribution to this discussion, given the enormity of the stakes, is a much needed one. The UN is in dire need of critics like Autesserre—thoughtful observers to assess its shortcomings and hold it accountable. This is a bone worth picking. * Lionel Beehner, Political Science Quarterly *Séverine Autesserre has persistently made noteworthy and invaluable contributions to the literature on peacebuilding and conflict management, and The Frontlines of Peace is no exception to this trend... Séverine Autesserre has provided her readers with a roadmap for changing the world of peacebuilding; such change, however, will take time, as well as willingness and collaboration from both insiders and outsiders engaging in conflict management withinconflict zones. * Sven Botha, South African Journal of International Affairs *...the book is worth mining for serious scholars of peacekeeping. * Paul F. Diehl, International Peacekeeping *Severine Autesserre's The Frontlines of Peace is a story above anything else. It is a story that encompasses other mini-stories from different areas in the world that have suffered different kinds of conflict and violence... While providing well-thought but yet simply structured answers... Autesserres book also contains her witty and sharp sense of humor... What makes this page-turner even more worth reading is the fact that Severine Autesserre not only criticizes what doesn't work, but she also gives readers and practitioners great examples of what works. * Shadi Rouhshahbaz, Peacemaker 360 *A fascinating book. * Colette Braeckman, Le Soir *Severine Autesserre tells the story of ordinary women and men who manage to reduce violence in their communities every day, whether in the Congo, Colombia, or the United States. It's a captivating and inspiring story that invites readers to act. I hope it will encourage you to get more involved in the fight against violence and impunity, and to build peace at home and for our common humanity. * Denis Mukwege, 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate *Peace is possible but difficult. No one is omniscient about what turns swords into ploughshares, and it's essential that we always question our assumptions, learn from experience, and listen to experts who know both the big ideas and the facts on the ground. The Frontlines of Peace offers new insights into one of humanity's most noble endeavors. * Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and the author of The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now *Severine Autesserre combines a scholar's rigor and an activist's passion. With authority gained from hard experience, she shows how true peace must be built from the ground up and the inside out. A world in flames should heed her message. * Gideon Rose, Editor, Foreign Affairs *Peacebuilding rests on the courage and wisdom of those people closest to conflict, and we must invest in them in ways that dignify their work and commitment. Severine Autesserre's book makes clear how to do this. The Frontlines of Peace is a must-read. * John Paul Lederach, Professor Emeritus of International Peacebuilding, University of Notre Dame *In this remarkable book, Severine Autesserre draws on decades of experience in conflict zones and offices of international organizations to show how meaningful peace depends on local peacebuilding initiatives. Building on her inspiring and sometimes heart-breaking encounters with local activists about their work to address violence, redress suffering, and manage emergent conflict, it offers compelling recommendations for how to effectively support the necessary work of activists on the ground. * Elisabeth Jean Wood, Crosby Professor of the Human Environment, Yale University *Not just another book about international politics. It will change the way you see the world around you. * Leymah Gbowee, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate *A seamless blend of autobiography, research reports from zones of peace, and Auteserre's scholarly discussion of how peacebuilding actually works in places that have suffered from violent conflict, The Frontlines of Peace will reward specialists, students, and general readers. * Ronald Edsforth, Peace & Change *[A] fascinating and insightful book. * Dr Anurug Chakma, Australian Outlook *Table of ContentsForeword by Leymah Gbowee, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Preface - War, Hope, and Peace PART I - PEACE POSSIBLE Chapter 1 - Island of Peace Chapter 2 - Role Models PART II - PEACE, INC. Chapter 3 - Insiders and Outsiders Chapter 4 - Designed Intervention PART III - THE NEW PEACE MANIFESTO Chapter 5 - Peace by Piece Chapter 6 - Recasting Roles Chapter 7 - The Home Front Appendix - Sources Acknowledgements
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Oxford University Press Inc The PublicPrivate Sector Mix in Healthcare
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book...offers a deep introduction to the health care system in each nation covered. The essays are well researched and argued. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Comments on the Public/Private Sector Mix in Healthcare 1- United States: The Dominance of Public funding for Private Provision in the U.S. Healthcare System 2- Canada: Public and Private Interfaces in Canadian Healthcare: Health Equity and Quality of Healthcare Services Implications 3- Australia: Australia's Health Insurance System and Its Two-Level Hospital system --- a Result of Muddled and Contested Objectives 4- France: The Public/Private Sector Mix in France: Implications and Current Debates 5- Sweden: Sweden's Public/Private Sector Mix in the Financing and Delivery of Healthcare Services: How it Relates to Health Equity and Quality of Healthcare Services 6- The Netherlands: The Changing Private Sector Role in the Netherlands' Public/Private Sector Healthcare System: Some considerations of Health Equity and Quality of Care 7- Italy: The Public/Private Sector Mix in the Italian Healthcare System: Some Issues of Equity and Quality of Care 8- Chile and Mexico: Healthcare Commodification, Equity and Quality in Chile and Mexico 9- Uruguay: Examining Improvement of Mixed Healthcare Services: Equity and Quality of Healthcare Services in Uruguay 10- Brazil: Public/Private Mix In Healthcare --- Inequities and Issues of Quality of Care: The Case of Brazil 11- Russia: The Public/Private Mix in Healthcare in Russia: Some Impacts on Health Equity and Quality if Healthcare Services 12- Taiwan: Achievements and Challenges in a Single Payer System
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Oxford University Press AID ON EDGE OF CHAOS P Rethinking International
Book SynopsisMany agree that the foreign aid system - which today involves virtually every nation on earth - needs drastic change. But there is much conflict as to what should be done. In Aid on the Edge of Chaos, Ben Ramalingam argues that what is most needed is the creative and innovative transformation of how aid works. Foreign aid today is dominated by linear, mechanistic ideas that emerged from early twentieth century industry, and are ill-suited to the world we face today. The problems and systems aid agencies deal with on a daily basis have more in common with ecosystems than machines: they are interconnected, diverse, and dynamic; they cannot be just simply re-engineered or fixed. Outside of aid, social scientists, economists, business leaders, and policy makers have started applying innovative and scientific approaches to such problems, informed by ideas from the ''new science'' of complex adaptive systems. Inspired by these efforts, aid practitioners and researchers have started experimenting with such approaches in their own work. This book showcases the experiences, insights, and often remarkable results of innovative thinkers and practitioners who are working to bring these approaches into the mainstream of aid. From transforming child malnutrition to rethinking economic growth, from building peace to reversing desertification, from rural Vietnam to urban Kenya, the ideas of complex systems thinking are starting to be used to make foreign aid more relevant, more appropriate, and more catalytic. Aid on the Edge of Chaos argues that such ideas and approaches should play a vital part of the transformation of aid. Aid should move from being an imperfect post-World War II global resource transfer system, to a new form of global cooperation that is truly fit for the twenty-first century.Trade ReviewThe examples presented in this work should prompt a reconsideration of how one thinks of foreign aid. * S. Paul, Choice *An exhaustive tour of the complex systems research landscape, including how it is used to understand phenomena as diverse as climate change, food price rises, ethnic segregation and the Arab spring ... Important and relevant for the aid world. * Amy Kazmin, Financial Times *The most interesting part of Mr Ramalingam's book is his discussion of how some agencies are beginning to learn from the way poor people can successfully do difficult things... [and that] experimenting repeatedly and quickly has much to offer the world of aid. * The Economist *Sets a new milestone in the aid debate... an impressive interdisciplinary tour * The Guardian Global Development Professionals Network *This book explains an important global activity few outsiders understand, and important scientific ideas that might yet turn it around. * Debora MacKenzie, New Scientist *Masterful. An important step towards changing our institutions and organizations Ramalingam skilfully draws upon a diverse body of ideas and research to deliver a vital message for aid and beyond. * Philip Ball, author of Critical Mass, Winner of the Aventis Royal Society Book of the Year *Aid on the Edge of Chaos will change the way you think... One of the most important books you will read about development. * Owen Barder, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development *The accolades on the cover are well-founded; this is a great read, engagingly written, and full of vivid examples, poignantly-funny cartoons and a reflective humility that suits its subject matter. * Melissa Leach, Knowledge, Technology and Society *Many see international development aid as in thrall to linear, mechanized thinking, and champion approaches in which local people solve their own challenges with intelligently tailored backing. Ben Ramalingam offers a scientific model for that path... and fosters a new aid paradigm: an open innovation network, catalysing and leveraging change in countries around the world. * Nature *Breathtaking . . . catapults development thinking into the 21st century . . . read this book and be changed. * Andrew Zolli, Executive Director, Pop Tech and author of Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back *Ben Ramalingam's thought provoking and highly readable book re-frames the debate on aid and development challenges the existing aid paradigm and points the way towards a genuinely new approach - a new approach that is urgently needed. * Eric Beinhocker, Executive Director, Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford and author of The Origin of Wealth *Ben Ramalingam's tour de force of a book provides an unorthodox and fascinating insight into today's global aid sector: its current practices and sometimes faulty theories of action. This book is a vital source of inspiration. * Yves Daccord, Director General, ICRC *Marrying science, policy and practice with a deep moral conscience, this important book points to a future that that we should all be working towards. * Peter Doherty, Nobel Laureate, Medicine *Challenging... Much needed. Ramalingam pushes his reader to question traditional wisdoms, navigate different disciplines, and value the import of local experience. * Noreena Hertz, author of 'Eyes Wide Open: How to Make Smart Decisions in a Confusing World' *Ramalingam sets out a challenge to everyone working in international cooperation, to rethink our basic assumptions and to think and act in ways that are more attuned to the real world in all its complexities. This is one to read and re-read. * Sir Richard Jolly, Assistant Secretary General, United Nations *Ben Ramalingam convincingly shows why transformational change is so badly needed in foreign aid, and where it might come from. * Lynda Gratton, Professor of Management, London Business School, Author of Hot Spots *This well-written and thought-provoking book is an important contribution to redesigning aid for a messy, complex world. * Duncan Green, Senior Strategic Advisor, Oxfam *Ben Ramalingam is a leading champion of the adaptive, scientific, trial-and-error thinking that the aid industry badly needs. * Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist Strikes Back and Adapt *This excellent book [is] a must-read for anyone interested in development, its current discontents, and its future potential. * Ricardo Haussmann, former Chief Economist, Inter-American Development Bank and Director of the Centre for International Development, Harvard University *This is a superb book, boldly facing in this age of globalization the complexity of aid to developing countries. Impressive and inspiring, this work is destined to become a 21st century classic. * Dudley Herschbach, Nobel Laureate, Chemistry *With beautifully clear writing and stories, Ben Ramalingam uses complexity concepts to reveal the deep reasons for why aid sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. * Thomas Homer-Dixon, Director, Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation, Author of The Upside of Down *Far from being a pessimistic funeral march, Ramalingam's wide-ranging discourse provides many inspiring examples of how complexity theory can be put to practical and meaningful use, and lays out a hopeful path forward. * Simon Levin, Moffat Professor of Ecology, Princeton University *Well-intentioned aid agencies sometimes oversimplify the problems they need to solve. [this] book makes the good case that the growing field of complex adaptive systems can help prevent such errors from being repeated. * Eric Maskin, Nobel Laureate, Economics *This brilliant book will energise the struggle to make big government, big money and big aid sensitive to contexts, humble about what they can achieve, and sophisticated about the connectedness of things. * Geoff Mulgan, Chief Executive, National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, and former Director of UK Prime Minister's Strategy Unit *Ben Ramalingam seamlessly combines practical experience, policy relevance and scientific expertise. Aid on the Edge of Chaos deserves a very wide audience. * Paul Ormerod, author of Death of Economics and Positive Linking *A terrific, stimulating book. Ramalingam clearly and engagingly shows how the use of complex adaptive systems thinking can significantly strengthen and enhance the impacts and effectiveness of global foreign aid. * Jerry Sabloff, President, Santa Fe Institute *A magnificent piece of work a major contribution to the debate about how to rethink and improve the way we deliver aid worldwide. * Sir Nick Young, Chief Executive Officer, British Red Cross *Table of ContentsPART 1: THE WAY AID WORKS; PART 2: THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS; PART 3: THE WAY AID COULD WORK
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OUP Oxford Ebola
Book SynopsisFirst discovered in 1976, and long regarded as an easily manageable virus affecting isolated rural communities, Ebola rocketed to world prominence in 2014 as a deadly epidemic swept through Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia in West Africa. Thousands of people died as the extraordinarily contagious disease spread rapidly from villages to urban centres. Initial quarantine responses proved often too little and too late, and the medical infrastructure of the affected countries struggled to cope. By August 2014, several months after the start of the outbreak, the WHO declared the epidemic a public health emergency and international aid teams and volunteers began to pour in. But halting the epidemic proved to be hugely challenging, not only in terms of the practicalities of dealing with the sheer numbers of patients carrying the highly infectious virus, but in dealing with social and cultural barriers. The author, Dorothy Crawford, visited Sierra Leone while the epidemic was ongoing and met Trade ReviewThis excellent book provides an accessible account of all aspects of the virus, the disease, its history, how the dangerous 2014 epidemic developed, and how it was finally brought under controlstrongly recommended. * Professor Sir Anthony Epstein *Not only a superb story about the deadly virus but also a vivid account of human folly, frailty and bravery in combating it. * Robin A Weiss, Emeritus Professor of Viral Oncology, University College London *Table of ContentsENDNOTES; INDEX
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OUP Oxford Does Aid Work
Book SynopsisThis is a study of the effectiveness of aid that the North provides to help the economic development of the South. Robert Cassen and associates range as widely as possible over the whole of official Western aid, and present the facts of what has and what has not been achieved. For this second edition the author has fully revised the text and the data, to reduce the technical content of the book, and to incorporate research findings since 1986.Trade ReviewFrom reviews of the first edition: `this is a welcome volume which deserves a place on development economics reading lists, while it is also accessible to the general reader' EconomicaTable of ContentsIntroduction ; The Macroeconomic Contribution of Aid ; Aid and Poverty ; Policy Dialogue ; Performance and Evaluation: Project, Programme, and Food Aid ; Technical Co-operation ; The Systemic Effects of Aid and the Role of Co-ordination ; Aid and Market Forces ; Multilateral-Bilateral Comparisons ; Summary: Conclusions and Recommendations
£64.59
The University of Chicago Press The Good Project
Book SynopsisNGOs set out to save lives, relieve suffering, and service basic human needs. In this book, the author dives into the intricacies of the decision-making process at NGOs and uncovers a basic truth: It may be the case that relief agencies try to help people but, in practical terms, the main focus of their work is to produce projects.Trade Review"The Good Project is a highly welcome and original contribution to our knowledge of contemporary humanitarianism. Drawing from sociological institutionalism and Pierre Bourdieu, and positioning herself between studies that fetishize humanitarian ideas and critiques that vilify the compromise of those ideals, Krause uncovers some of the central practices and driving logics of humanitarianism." (Michael Barnett, George Washington University)"
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press The Good Project Humanitarian Relief NGOs and
Book SynopsisNGOs set out to save lives, relieve suffering, and service basic human needs. In this book, the author dives into the intricacies of the decision-making process at NGOs and uncovers a basic truth: It may be the case that relief agencies try to help people but, in practical terms, the main focus of their work is to produce projects.Trade Review"The Good Project is a highly welcome and original contribution to our knowledge of contemporary humanitarianism. Drawing from sociological institutionalism and Pierre Bourdieu, and positioning herself between studies that fetishize humanitarian ideas and critiques that vilify the compromise of those ideals, Krause uncovers some of the central practices and driving logics of humanitarianism." (Michael Barnett, George Washington University)"
£22.80
The University of Chicago Press Foreign Aid
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MIT Press Ltd Flint Fights Back
Book SynopsisAn account of the Flint water crisis shows that Flint''s struggle for safe and affordable water is part of a broader struggle for democracy.When Flint, Michigan, changed its source of municipal water from Lake Huron to the Flint River, Flint residents were repeatedly assured that the water was of the highest quality. At the switchover ceremony, the mayor and other officials performed a celebratory toast, declaring “Here''s to Flint!” and downing glasses of freshly treated water. But as we now know, the water coming out of residents'' taps harbored a variety of contaminants, including high levels of lead. In Flint Fights Back, Benjamin Pauli examines the water crisis and the political activism that it inspired, arguing that Flint''s struggle for safe and affordable water was part of a broader struggle for democracy. Pauli connects Flint''s water activism with the ongoing movement protesting the state of Michigan''s policy of replacing elected officials in fi
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Open University Press Conflict and Health
Book Synopsis"A much needed, eminently readable, concise and practical textbook ... New issues on humanitarian reform, non-communicable diseases, equity, corruption, and the role of military and private security firms are only some of the topics that have not been included in previous text books on this subject. I highly recommend this book for students and practitioners who wish to learn about the subject or simply update themselves on the latest developments in the field of conflict and public health." Paul Spiegel, Deputy Director of the Division of Programme Support and Management at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Switzerland"These are the most difficult environments to program in; physically, emotionally, politically and morally. Providing public health support and assistance here demands courage, rigor, a commitment to professionalism and an obsession with evidence. This book provides just such a foundation, equipping the student and practitionTable of ContentsOverview of the book Section 1: Context1.Causes of conflict 2.Effects of conflict on societies 3.Effects of conflict on health4.International responses to conflict5. The humanitarian systemSection 2: Humanitarian Health Interventions6. Initial assessment and priority-setting7.Health services delivery8.Infectious disease controlbr>9. Chronic and cross-cutting interventions 10.Monitoring and evaluation11.Security and protectionSection 3: Reconstruction12.Transition and early recovery13.Post-conflict health system strengthening 14.Health in statebuilding and peacebuilding15. Conflict and health concepts and prioritiesGlossary
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group The Man Who Tried to Save the World
Book SynopsisA swashbuckling Texan, a teller of tall tales, a womanizer, and a renegade, Fred Cuny spent his life in countries rent by war, famine, and natural disasters, saving many thousands of lives through his innovative and sometimes controversial methods of relief work. Cuny earned his nickname 'Master of Disaster' for his exploits in Kurdistan, Somalia, and Bosnia. But when he arrived in the rogue Russian republic of Chechnya in the spring of 1995, raring to go and eager to put his ample funds from George Soros to good use, he found himself in the midst of an unimaginably savage war of independence, unlike any he had ever before encountered. Shortly thereafter, he disappeared in the war-rocked highlands, never to be seen again.Who was Cuny really working for? Was he a CIA spy? Who killed him, and why? In search of the answers, Scott Anderson traveled to Chechnya on a hazardous journey that started as as a magazine assignment and ended as a personal mission. The result is a galvanizin
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Helping People Help Themselves
Book SynopsisSurveys the theoretical foundations for a philosophy of development - including the work of Albert Hirschman, Paolo Freire, John Dewey, and Soren Kierkegaard. The author offers a practical suggestion of how goals of development can be better set and met. He shifts the locus of initiative from the would-be helpers to the doers.Trade ReviewA towering achievement. It outdoes Sen and Hirschman in its reach across economics, management theory, psychology, sociology, mathematics and philosophy. The result is a coherent alternative way of seeing"" the relationship between aid organizations based in rich countries and aid recipients based in poorer ones, and some practical suggestions on how to re-engage the aid agencies more as ""helpers"" than as ""doers"". Along the way it fairly sizzles with insider insights into the workings of the World Bank."" - Robert Hunter Wade, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics ""Ellerman provides a compelling humanist understanding of how economic development aid can succeed, if only people and nations are enabled to help themselves."" - William Greider, author of The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy
£24.65
LUP - University of Michigan Press Democratic Designs International Intervention
Book SynopsisExamines the world of humanitarian aid workers and the processes of democratization that they put into effect in Bosnia-Herzegovina. This work is an ethnography of the practices of international intervention and democracy building.Trade ReviewDemocratic Designs is a careful, detailed and thoughtful ethnography of electoral practices in one case of internationally imposed 'democracy.' Coles had access to the day-to-day practices of producing democratic elections, and recounts these in an accessible way. The account makes a number of important contributions to the growing anthropological literature on the sociality of bureaucracy - and internationalist bureaucracy in particular. - Annelise Riles, Professor of Law and Anthropology at Cornell University and author and editor of several books, including The Network Inside Out
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University of California Press Breadlines KneeDeep in Wheat
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword by Marion Nestle Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: The Paradox of Want amid Plenty List of Abbreviations 1. The Plight of the Farmer 2. Depression: Deprivation and Despair 3. The Politics of Wheat and Drought 4. Government Grain for the Needy 5. The End of the Hoover Era 6. The Promise of the New Deal 7. The Little Pigs: The Genesis of Relief Distribution 8. The Federal Surplus Relief Corporation 9. The Corporation in Conflict: Competition with Private Enterprise 10. Transfer to the Department of Agriculture 11. Accommodation to Agricultural Priorities 12. Food Assistance: The Legacy of New Deal Policy Choices Acknowledgments to the 2014 Edition Sources Notes Index
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University of California Press Bread from Stones
Book SynopsisEmploying a wide range of source materials literary and artistic responses to violence, memoirs, and first-person accounts from victims, perpetrators, relief workers, and diplomats, the author argues that the international answer to the inhumanity of World War I in the Middle East laid the foundation for modern humanitarianism and more.Trade Review"Impressive... Watenpaugh blends analysis of structural and political changes across a century of history with sensitive attention to the experiences of individual humanitarian actors and beneficiaries." H-Net "Its transnational approach and accessible prose are fitting for undergraduate and graduate courses. It will also appeal to specialized and general audiences. Bread from Stones deserves to be widely read and assigned." -- Osamah F. Khalil Diplomatic History "This is an immensely important book shedding new light on the study of the modern Western humanitarian impulse in the Near East and set primarily in the elaboration of the Armenian Genocide and post-genocide survival. It is a book that will find a strong readership among social scientists and historians, as well as the general public." Refuge "In sum, Bread from Stones offers a rich social and cultural overview in the service of a historical and intellectual genealogy of modern humanitarianism. The book serves up a complex narrative with many parts, each component articulated both on its own terms and as part of a larger picture." Syrian Studies Association BulletinTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface and Acknowledgments Note on Translation and Transliteration List of Abbreviations 1. The Beginnings of the Humanitarian Era in the Eastern Mediterranean 2. The Humanitarian Imagination and the Year of the Locust: International Relief in the Wartime Eastern Mediterranean, 1914--1918 3. The Form and Content of Suffering: Humanitarian Knowledge, Mass Publics, and the Report, 1885--1927 4. "America's Wards": Near East Relief and American Humanitarian Exceptionalism, 1919--1923 5. The League of Nations Rescue of Trafficked Women and Children and the Paradox of Modern Humanitarianism, 1920--1936 6. Between Refugee and Citizen: The Practical Failures of Modern Humanitarianism, 1923--1939 7. Modern Humanitarianism's Troubled Legacies, 1927--1948 Notes Select Bibliography Index
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Random House USA Inc Every Minute Is a Day
Book SynopsisAn urgent, on-the-scene account of chaos and compassion on the front lines of ground zero for Covid-19, from a senior doctor at New York City’s busiest emergency room “Remarkable and inspiring . . . We’re lucky to have this vivid firsthand account.”—A. J. Jacobs, bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically When former New York Times journalist Dan Koeppel texted his cousin Robert Meyer, a twenty-year veteran of the emergency room at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, at the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis in the United States, he expected to hear that things were hectic. On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being overwhelmed, where do you think you are? Koeppel asked. Meyer’s grave reply—100—was merely the cusp of the crisis that would soon touch every part of the globe. In need of an outlet to process the trauma of his working life over the coming months, Meyer continued to update Koeppel with what he’d seen and whom he’d treated. The result is an intimate record of historic turmoil and grief from the perspective of a remarkably resilient ER doctor. Every Minute Is a Day takes us into a hospital ravaged by Covid-19 and is filled with the stories of promises made that may be impossible to keep, of life or death choices for patients and their families, and of selflessness on the part of medical professionals who put themselves at incalculable risk. As fast-paced and high-tempo as the ER in which it takes place, Every Minute Is a Day is at its core an incomparable firsthand account of unrelenting compassion, and a reminder that every human life deserves a chance to be saved.
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The Plague Year America in the Time of Covid
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Princeton University Press A Fraught Embrace
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of Foreign Affairs Best of Books 2017 – Africa / Malawi""Winner of the 2018 Best Scholarly Book Award, Global and Transnational Section of the American Sociological Association""Honorable Mention for the 2018 Outstanding Published Book Award, Altruism, Morality and Social Solidarity Section of the American Sociological Association""Finalist for the 2018 Melville J. Herskovits Prize, African Studies Association""A Fraught Embrace is both an important piece of transnational public sociology and one of the most important works in cultural sociology to have been published in a long while."---Iddo Tavory, European Journal of Sociology"Few books can claim to address a social problem involving billions of dollars with millions of lives hanging in the balance, but Swidler and Watkins’s A Fraught Embrace does just that. Dissecting the role of foreign altruists and local brokers in aid efforts to stem the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa generally, and Malawi more specifically, this book makes a compelling sociological contribution to the study of foreign aid—a field of research more often reserved for economists and international development studies scholars."---Liam Swiss, American Journal of Sociology
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Pluto Press The Aid Effect
Book SynopsisA critical account of the politics of aid-giving.Table of Contents1. Introduction: The Ethnography of Donors and Neoliberal Policy by David Mosse 2. An Ethnography of ‘Loan Arrangements’ between the Bretton Woods Institutions and the Government of Malawi: Good Governance as Technology by Gerhard Anders 3. Timing, Scale and Style: Capacity as Governmentality in Tanzania by Jeremy Gould 4. The Reinvention of Ownership at the Dutch Ministry of Development Cooperation by Monique Nuijten and Jilles van Gastel 5. Who Owns the Gift? Donor-Recipient Relations and the National Elections in Bolivia by Rosalind Eyben and Rosario Leon 6. Interconnected and Interinfected: DOTS and the Stabilisation of the Tuberculosis Control Programme in Nepal by Ian Harper 7. The Worshippers of Rules: Defining the Right and Wrong in Local Project Applications in Estonia by Aet Annist 8. Unstating ‘the Public’: An Ethnography of Reform in an Urban Public Sector Utility in South India by Karen Coelho 9. The Disjuncture of Things: Some Remarks About a New Agenda for Studying Development by Philip Quarles van Ufford
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Pluto Press Disasters and Social Reproduction Crisis Response
Book SynopsisA Marxist-feminist approach examining disaster relief in the USTrade Review'Tells a fascinating and insightful tale of how the state, increasingly unable and unwilling to care for its citizens, came to depend on community survival projects in the face of disaster' -- Joshua Clover, author of Riot. Strike. Riot. (Verso, 2016)'A searching enquiry, keyed to our age of pandemics and climate catastrophe, and an exemplary application of insights from Marxist Social Reproduction Theory' -- Gareth Dale, author of Reconstructing Karl Polanyi (Pluto, 2016)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. 2005: The Unclaimed Corpses 2. Vulnerability Beyond Resilience 3. Disasters and Social Reproduction 4. 1930: Disasters, Natural and Federal 5. 1970: The Black Panthers' Quest for Dual Power 6. 1995: Poverty, Crime and the Heat 7. 2012: The Strange Success of Occupy Sandy 8. The Separated Society 9. 2020: I Can't Breathe Notes Bibliography Index
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Pluto Press Disasters and Social Reproduction Crisis Response
Book SynopsisA Marxist-feminist approach examining disaster relief in the USTrade Review'Tells a fascinating and insightful tale of how the state, increasingly unable and unwilling to care for its citizens, came to depend on community survival projects in the face of disaster' -- Joshua Clover, author of Riot. Strike. Riot. (Verso, 2016)'A searching enquiry, keyed to our age of pandemics and climate catastrophe, and an exemplary application of insights from Marxist Social Reproduction Theory' -- Gareth Dale, author of Reconstructing Karl Polanyi (Pluto, 2016)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. 2005: The Unclaimed Corpses 2. Vulnerability Beyond Resilience 3. Disasters and Social Reproduction 4. 1930: Disasters, Natural and Federal 5. 1970: The Black Panthers' Quest for Dual Power 6. 1995: Poverty, Crime and the Heat 7. 2012: The Strange Success of Occupy Sandy 8. The Separated Society 9. 2020: I Can't Breathe Notes Bibliography Index
£68.00
Pluto Press Disaster Anarchy Mutual Aid and Radical Action
Book SynopsisAs disasters become more commonplace, we need to think of alternatives for reliefTrade Review'Supremely accomplished. A major step forward in the theory of anarchist practice and deserves our urgent attention as the collapse of capitalism unfolds' -- Uri Gordon, author of 'Anarchy Alive!''Commendable - a book that prepares us to think about and react to the kinds of system failures, collapses, and other disasters that will become increasingly more common over the next decades. Firth complicates the important concept of mutual aid, examining the danger of neoliberal recuperation while emphasising the subversive possibilities at its heart’ -- Peter Gelderloos, activist and author of 'The Solutions Are Already Here: Strategies for Ecological Revolution From Below'‘A clear, timely and rigorous account of anarchist responses to catastrophes. It avoids romanticisation, as Rhiannon Firth incisively unpicks state and corporate strategies of co-option’ -- Benjamin Franks, Senior Lecturer in Social and Political Philosophy, University of Glasgow'Disrupts disaster studies using an anarchist epistemology to question widely held assumptions about the state, businesses and social capital in recovery. Firth finds anarchist practices underlie everyday actions in disasters. This ground-breaking book shows how imagination, radical pedagogy, and social movements are living components of disaster anarchy' -- John Preston, Professor of Sociology, University of Essex'Unpacking the beautiful possibilities of mutual aid, Firth reveals a glimmer of hope in this era of darkness and dismay. Anarchy is affirmed as the dawn light of our collective capacity to transform disaster into grace as we create a new day beyond the failings of capitalism and the state.' -- Simon Springer, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Newcastle, Australia''Disaster Anarchy' makes an exceptional contribution to the existing literature. Highly original and beautifully written, it is a must read for any activist or scholar interested in exploring utopian alternatives to the status quo, and creating a new society in the shell of the old.' -- Richard J. White, Reader in Human Geography, Sheffield Hallam University, Britain‘Firth bridges the theories and methodologies in the continuing development of anarchist and liberatory frameworks of decentralised disaster responses, first articulated after Hurricane Katrina. They demonstrate through personal histories and analysis deeper paths forward in anarchist processes and practices that allow our liberatory imaginations to resist the collapse while creating viable alternatives without state coercion or interference' -- scott crow, author of 'Black Flags and Windmills: Hope , Anarchy and the Common Ground Collective'Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Interviewees 1. Introduction 2. Backdrop: Mainstream Disaster Studies 3. Critical Approaches: Precarity, Securitisation and Disaster Capitalism 4. Towards an Anarchist Approach to Disaster 5. Occupy Sandy Mutual Aid, New York, 2012 6. Covid-19 Mutual Aid, London, 2020 7. Conclusion Notes Index
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Pluto Press Disaster Anarchy
Book SynopsisAs disasters become more commonplace, we need to think of alternatives for reliefTrade Review'Supremely accomplished. A major step forward in the theory of anarchist practice and deserves our urgent attention as the collapse of capitalism unfolds' -- Uri Gordon, author of 'Anarchy Alive!''Commendable - a book that prepares us to think about and react to the kinds of system failures, collapses, and other disasters that will become increasingly more common over the next decades. Firth complicates the important concept of mutual aid, examining the danger of neoliberal recuperation while emphasising the subversive possibilities at its heart’ -- Peter Gelderloos, activist and author of 'The Solutions Are Already Here: Strategies for Ecological Revolution From Below'‘A clear, timely and rigorous account of anarchist responses to catastrophes. It avoids romanticisation, as Rhiannon Firth incisively unpicks state and corporate strategies of co-option’ -- Benjamin Franks, Senior Lecturer in Social and Political Philosophy, University of Glasgow'Disrupts disaster studies using an anarchist epistemology to question widely held assumptions about the state, businesses and social capital in recovery. Firth finds anarchist practices underlie everyday actions in disasters. This ground-breaking book shows how imagination, radical pedagogy, and social movements are living components of disaster anarchy' -- John Preston, Professor of Sociology, University of Essex'Unpacking the beautiful possibilities of mutual aid, Firth reveals a glimmer of hope in this era of darkness and dismay. Anarchy is affirmed as the dawn light of our collective capacity to transform disaster into grace as we create a new day beyond the failings of capitalism and the state.' -- Simon Springer, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Newcastle, Australia''Disaster Anarchy' makes an exceptional contribution to the existing literature. Highly original and beautifully written, it is a must read for any activist or scholar interested in exploring utopian alternatives to the status quo, and creating a new society in the shell of the old.' -- Richard J. White, Reader in Human Geography, Sheffield Hallam University, Britain‘Firth bridges the theories and methodologies in the continuing development of anarchist and liberatory frameworks of decentralised disaster responses, first articulated after Hurricane Katrina. They demonstrate through personal histories and analysis deeper paths forward in anarchist processes and practices that allow our liberatory imaginations to resist the collapse while creating viable alternatives without state coercion or interference' -- scott crow, author of 'Black Flags and Windmills: Hope , Anarchy and the Common Ground Collective'Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Interviewees 1. Introduction 2. Backdrop: Mainstream Disaster Studies 3. Critical Approaches: Precarity, Securitisation and Disaster Capitalism 4. Towards an Anarchist Approach to Disaster 5. Occupy Sandy Mutual Aid, New York, 2012 6. Covid-19 Mutual Aid, London, 2020 7. Conclusion Notes Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Ironic Spectator
Book SynopsisWINNER of the 2015 ICA Outstanding Book Award This path-breaking book explores how solidarity towards vulnerable others is performed in our media environment. It argues that stories where famine is described through our own experience of dieting or or where solidarity with Africa translates into wearing a cool armband tell us about much more than the cause that they attempt to communicate. They tell us something about the ways in which we imagine the world outside ourselves. By showing historical change in Amnesty International and Oxfam appeals, in the Live Aid and Live 8 concerts, in the advocacy of Audrey Hepburn and Angelina Jolie as well as in earthquake news on the BBC, this far-reaching book shows how solidarity has today come to be not about conviction but choice, not vision but lifestyle, not others but ourselves turning us into the ironic spectators of other people's suffering.Trade ReviewWINNER of the 2015 ICA Outstanding Book Award "This book achieves a rare combination of opening new analytical and theoretical ground while retaining direct and lucid engagement with critical and urgent human concerns."—The British Journal of Sociology "The Ironic Spectator, therefore, is not only an eminent work of media studies scholarship that presents a detailed and inspiring analytical framework. Its theorization of post-humanitarianism and the aesthetic and sociopolitical questions posed by new media practices deserves to earn it a wide readership in all disciplines interested in contemporary popular culture and world politics."—European Journal of Communication "The significance of The Ironic Spectator for students and scholars of contemporary media, international relations, 'development', and the broader social sciences, and, ideally, people working within media, for NGOs and INGOs, and the wider humanitarian and development sectors, cannot be overstated."—Social Semiotics "Chouliaraki conducts an impressive, interdisciplinary analysis. She embraces the paradoxes and ambivalences of each genre, presenting a state of the art critique, and thoroughly analysing the genre's past and present form in order to suggest how the changes in communicative structure may affect how we are invited to act on distant others."—The Journal of Development Studies "Chouliaraki qualifies as a high priestess of the representation of suffering and how we engage with distant others. She dissects with great clarity exactly what is taking place in this post humanitarian sensibility and how supporters are now being drawn in to apparently care and show solidarity with distant sufferers."—LSE Review of Books "As refreshing and enervating as a cold mountain spring on a hot day. Chouliaraki has extraordinary ability to condense and parse complex debates briskly."—Journal of International Development "The Spectatorship of Suffering, by Lilie Chouliaraki, rapidly became a classic, present on almost every key and suggested reading list on courses dealing with global media and international journalism.... Therefore, The Ironic Spectator is a more than welcome contribution to this field, offering an opportunity to discuss one of the most pressing issues in media and journalism studies. In this book, she deals with the issue of humanitarian communication, offering a comprehensive set of arguments which makes us think truly out of the box."—Digital Journalism "Lilie Chouliaraki's The Ironic Spectator is the best journalism book for 2013."—Prof. Bob Franklin, Cardiff University; editor of Journalism Studies "The Ironic Spectator will have far-reaching impact, as its arguments unsettle accepted paradigms in media ethics and development studies, but also in political communication, journalism, and social theory. Written in her distinctively lyrical prose, Lilie Chouliaraki's latest book inspires us to judge not only the efficiencies but the ethics of humanitarian projects. With it, we can no longer deny the infinite folly in failing to factor in the moral cost of self-centered communication."—Journal of Communication "In 2006 Lilie Chouliaraki published The Spectatorship of Suffering which is commonly considered to be a seminal work within the young and emerging field of research that concerns itself with the issue of mediated disasters and human suffering.... It is fair to say that Chouliaraki has raised the bar once more with her more recent contribution to this field, The Ironic Spectator, which discerns important differentiations, distinctions and transformations at work in the humanitarian mediation of human suffering while also reflecting on broader societal developments."—International Journal of Communication "Chouliaraki provides us with an exceptionally rich, detailed and comprehensive framework for understanding the moral role of the media in our time. The Ironic Spectator ... offers a compelling account of how humanitarian communications have become increasingly focused on the self, rather than the other, but also, perhaps more importantly, it offers an equally compelling normative vision of what humanitarian communication should look like."—Critical Discourse Studies "An exceptionally important work.... We should be grateful to Lilie Chouliaraki for providing such inspiration and challenge."—Communications "How can humanitarian communication move beyond the pitfalls of both traditional humanitarianism (which can reinforce stereotypical images of helpless victims from the South) and of post-humanitarianism? Chouliaraki provides an alternative theoretical model based on theatricality, but the extent to which it can be enforced in practice remains to be seen. Indeed, this is precisely why her book – written with brio, depth and sensitivity – is so valuable, and deserves attention. The Ironic Spectator is a must-read for anyone professing to a level of social consciousness, and proves that academic debates can play a role in both fostering improved ethics in the context of a pervasive aspect of contemporary global life, as well as informing new humanitarian practices."—Global Journal "Lilie Chouliaraki is the Aristotle of mediated humanitarianism. With empirical finesse and theoretical bite, she shows how compassion for distant suffering turned from pity into glitz. And yet she defends theatricality as a potential moral force if checked by critical self-awareness. This book casts desperately needed light onto media and morality today."—John Durham Peters, University of Iowa "In this breakthrough investigation, Lilie Chouliaraki brings a 'sceptical optimism' to bear on humanitarian politics today. With its theoretical finesse and rich cases, The Ironic Spectator shows the transformations solidarity has recently undergone, and still needs to make, as citizens seek an emotional connection to a tragic but distant world."—Samuel Moyn, Columbia University, author of The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History "The Ironic Spectator is a profoundly arresting argument for our global and mediated times. With razor intelligence, Chouliaraki slices into old debates, salvages what's still of use and structures new analytical constructs for the exploration of the possibilities of cosmopolitan solidarity in a 'post-humanitarian' world. Brilliant, disturbing, humane."—Simon Cottle, Cardiff University "Lilie Chouliaraki provides us with excellent intellectual food for thought to keep 'us' (academics, teachers, development 'experts',...) on our toes!"—Aidnography BlogTable of ContentsFigures viii Acknowledgements ix 1 Solidarity and Spectatorship 1 Introduction: 'Find your Feeling' 1 Th e instrumentalization of humanitarianism 5 Solidarity without 'grand narratives' 9 The technologization of communication 15 The ethics of objectivity 21 Conclusion: on this book 24 2 The Humanitarian Imaginary 26 Introduction: communicating vulnerability 26 The theatricality of humanitarianism 27 Critiques of the theatricality of humanitarianism 36 The humanitarian imaginary 43 Conclusion: on the performances of the imaginary 52 3 Appeals 54 Introduction: the paradox of appeals 54 The crisis of the theatre of pity 55 The controversy around appeals 57 The reflexive styles of appealing 65 Reflexive appeals and their authenticity effects 73 Conclusion: the ambivalence of 'cool' activism 76 4 Celebrity 78 Introduction: the celebrity as expert performer 78 Theatre, celebrity, authenticity 79 The celebrity controversy 83 The performativity of celebrity humanitarianism 88 'Moments' of humanitarian performance 90 Celebrity and its authenticity eff ects 98 Conclusion: towards a utilitarian altruism 104 5 Concerts 106 Introduction: rock as ritual ceremonies 106 Aid concerts: communitas or cynicism? 108 An analytics of ceremonial performativity: Live Aid and Live 8 114 The authenticity effects of ceremonial humanitarianism 132 Conclusion: towards a strategic morality of solidarity 136 6 News 138 Introduction: the moral appeal of news 138 The theatricality of journalism 140 The controversy around television witnessing 144 The analysis of narrative aesthetics 149 News narratives: a typology of witnessing 153 The authenticity eff ects of news: from narrative to database 164 Conclusion: objectivity or therapy? 170 7 Theatricality, Irony, Solidarity 172 Introduction: the historical shifts of humanitarianism 172 Post-humanitarianism: solidarity as irony 174 Post-humanitarianism as neoliberalism 179 Beyond irony: solidarity as agonism 188 Conclusion: on being good 203 Notes 206 References 215 Index 232
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Emerald Publishing Limited Some Buildings Just Cant Dance Politics Life
Book SynopsisPlaces Oakland's public policy response to building damage suffered in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in a historical and intergovernmental context. Using a combined non-decision making and advocacy coalition approach, this book demonstrates why hazardous-structure abatement was kept off the political agenda prior to the Loma Prieta disaster.Table of ContentsList of tables. List of figures. Acknowledgements. Abstract. Framing an Extreme Event. Policy dynamics and disaster. A case study approach and an "amended" advocacy coalition framework. Agenda control, non-decision making, California, and seismic safety. Disasters, guilty knowledge, policy types, and conflict levels. Previous hazardous-structure abatement studies (ACF-reframed). Context and Case. Oakland and seismic safety - the intergovernmental context. Pre-Loma Prieta Oakland and the un-politics of URMS. Event response and the first three ordinances. Ordinance four through eight - and a singularly important REP. The final act, the URM ordinance. Interesting, but what does it all mean?
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Crown Publishing Group (NY) Chasing Chaos My Decade in and Out of
Book SynopsisJessica Alexander arrived in Rwanda in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide as an idealistic intern, eager to contribute to the work of the international humanitarian aid community. But the world that she encountered in the field was dramatically different than anything she could have imagined. It was messy, chaotic, and difficult—but she was hooked. In this honest and irreverent memoir, she introduces readers to the realities of life as an aid worker. We watch as she manages a 24,000-person camp in Darfur, collects evidence for the Charles Taylor trial in Sierra Leone, and contributes to the massive aid effort to clean up a shattered Haiti. But we also see the alcohol-fueled parties and fleeting romances, the burnouts and self-doubt, and the struggle to do good in places that have long endured suffering. Tracing her personal journey from wide-eyed and naïve newcomer to hardened cynic and, ultimately, to hopeful but critical real
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University of British Columbia Press China Gadabouts
Book SynopsisThis critical reassessment of the Quaker-sponsored humanitarian nursing convoy in 1940s China will deepen understanding of the ethical, cultural, and political barriers to delivering humanitarian assistance then and now.Trade ReviewThe book contributes in an interesting and valuable way to the history of nursing by women in faith. -- Charmaine Robson, University of New South Wales * Health and History, Vol. 20, No. 2 *Table of ContentsIntroductionPart 1: From Regional War to Global War, 1941–45Introduction to Part 11 Trial by Fire: Early Field Operations, 1941–422 A Marriage of Convenience: Courting the Chinese Nurses, 1942–433 The Salween Campaign: Humanitarian Diplomacy, 1944–454 “China Needs Good Men, and Still Better Women,” British Nurses, 1943–445 Baoshan: Professionalism, Pacifism, and Proposals, 1944–45Part 2: Navigating New Humanitarian Frontiers, 1945–51Introduction to Part 2 6 The Road to Honan: Plagues, Cholera, and Devilish Devolutions, 1944–457 Henan: Hope and Despair, 1945–478 “Early Team”: Guerrilla Warfare Nursing, 1946–47Part 3: Unwelcome Visitors: Negotiating Access with The Communists, 1947–51Introduction to Part 39 Nursing beyond the Trenches, 1947–50Conclusion: Nurse Warriors without WeaponsNotes; Bibliography; Index
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Cornell University Press Condemned to Repeat
Book SynopsisHumanitarian groups have failed, Fiona Terry believes, to face up to the core paradox of their activity: humanitarian action aims to alleviate suffering, but by inadvertently sustaining conflict it potentially prolongs suffering. In Condemned to Repeat?, Terry examines the side-effects of intervention by aid organizations and points out the need to acknowledge the political consequences of the choice to give aid. The author makes the controversial claim that aid agencies act as though the initial decision to supply aid satisfies any need for ethical discussion and are often blind to the moral quandaries of aid. Terry focuses on four historically relevant cases: Rwandan camps in Zaire, Afghan camps in Pakistan, Salvadoran and Nicaraguan camps in Honduras, and Cambodian camps in Thailand. Terry was the head of the French section of Medecins sans frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) when it withdrew from the Rwandan refugee camps in Zaire because aid intended for refugees actualTrade ReviewAn insider's searching critique of the humanitarian aid system.... The result, Terry concludes, is a deep paradox at the heart of humanitarian action: The international community's good intentions have created structures of aid and protection that, when injected into disintegrating states without authoritative rule, often fuel violence rather than reduce suffering. -- G. John Ikenberry * Foreign Affairs *Noting that governments have various nonhumanitarian policies that are manifested in dealing with refugee flows, including allowing refugee camps to be used for military purposes, Terry concludes that aid agencies must necessarily contribute to these governmental maneuvers.... She concludes that the best aid agencies can do in the real world of governmental realpolitik is to try to minimize undesirable political impact that inheres in humanitarian assistance. * Choice *Terry has written a compelling book about the failure of international humanitarian organizations to take into consideration a wider political context before providing aid.... In clear and concise analysis, she begins with the controversial claim that the aid agencies respond in knee-jerk fashion to any conflict without further investigating or even considering the ramifications of their aid. * Library Journal *The book makes a valuable contribution to the burgeoning literature on humanitarian action. The historical research is detailed, the arguments are cogent and precise, and Terry's findings are alarmingly relevant.... Although the book is an appeal to relief agencies to enter into emergency situations with more caution and greater awareness of the ramifications of their actions, the study would certainly serve as a valuable pedagogical tool for graduate courses. It is also accessible to undergraduates and a general adult reading audience. -- Eric A. Heinze * Perspectives on Political Science *This is a provocative, analytical treatment of the inevitable dilemmas that arise when humanitarian action is undertaken in a militarized environment. Fiona Terry writes with the authority that comes from several years of working in emergency relief programs in different parts of the world. The book's main contribution is its identification, discussion, and analysis of the predictable negative consequences of humanitarian intervention. -- David L. Cingranelli * Perspectives on Politics *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Humanitarian Action and Responsibility 2. The Afghan Refugee Camps in Pakistan 3. The Nicaraguan and Salvadoran Refugee Camps in Honduras 4. The Cambodian Refugee Camps in Thailand 5. The Rwandan Refugee Camps in Zaire 6. Humanitarian Action in a Second-Best WorldAppendix: Documents from the Rwandan Refugee Camps Index
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Johns Hopkins University Press NationBuilding
Book SynopsisSutton, Ford Foundation Emeritus; Marvin G. Weinbaum, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignTrade ReviewA valuable resource filled with critical reflection and evaluation and offering valuable suggestions to reduce future mistakes... a sober testimony and very highly recommended. Bookwatch 2006 This is an important collection, indeed, offering a clear analysis of the lessons of the past, mistakes made in the present, and humane yet pragmatic recommendations for the future. -- Fatima Raja McGill International Review 2006 A significant contribution to the very young literature about America's experience in nation-building. -- Benjamin Zyla Canadian Army Journal 2006Table of ContentsAckowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Nation-Building and the Failure of Institutional MemoryPart I. The Historical Experience of Nation-Building1. From Consensus to Crisis: The Postwar Career of Nation-Building in U.S. Foreign Reltions2. Nation-Building in the Heydey of the Classic Development Ideology: Ford Founation Experience in the 1950s and 1960s3. Bulding Nations: The American Experience4. Nation-Building: Lessons Learned and UnlearnedPart II. Afghanistan5. Sovereignty and Legitimacy in Afghan Nation-Building6. Rebuilding Afghanistan: Impediments, Loessons, and Prospects7. The Lessons of Nation-Building in AfghanistanPart III. Iraq8. What Went Wring and Right in Iraq9. Striking Out in Baghdad: How Postconflict Reconstruction Went Awry10. Learning the Lessons of IraqConclusion: Guidelines for Future Nation-BuildersContributorsIndex
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John Wiley & Sons International Aid to Education Power Dynamics in
Book SynopsisPartnerships are now pervasive in global education and development. Through case studies of prominent multi-stakeholder partnerships, as well as a comprehensive analysis of the global education network, this book exposes clear power imbalances that persist in the international aid environment.Table of Contents Contents Foreword Steven Klees ix Acknowledgments xiii List of Abbreviations xv 1.Introduction: Conceptualizing Power in an Era of Partnerships 1 Understanding Partnership Understanding Power Methods and Data Collected 10 Notes on Terminology14 Rationale for This Book 16 A Note on Scope 18 My Position as Author 19 Overview of the Book 20 2. The Era of Partnership 24 Multistakeholder Partnerships 29 Partnerships as Public–Private Arrangements 31 Questioning Partnerships 34 Partnerships in Education and Development 39 Conclusion 43 3.New Actors and Relationships in Aid to Education: Understanding Power in a Transnational, Partnership-Based Network 44 The Changing “Architecture” of Development Aid 44 Understanding Power in Networks 47 Network Research on International Development and Aid 50 Networks, Partnerships, and Aid to Education 51 Conclusion 58 4.Power Dynamics in a Multistakeholder Fund: The Case of the Global Partnership for Education 61 The History and Mandate of the Global Partnership for Education 61 Power Dynamics in the Global Partnership for Education 64 The Empowering of Private Actors in the Global Partnership for Education 71 Conclusion 80 5. The Challenges of Partnering for Aid to Education in Emergencies: The Case of the Education Cannot Wait Fund 81 The History and Mandate of the Education Cannot Wait Fund 82 Power Dynamics in Education Cannot Wait 85 The Empowering of Private Actors in Education Cannot Wait95 Conclusion 100 6. Conclusion: Reconceptualizing Partnerships in International Aid to Education 102 Structural Power in Partnerships: North/South Hierarchies 102 Productive Power in Partnerships: The Framing of the Private Sector 105 Shifting Power Dynamics in Partnerships 107 Reconceptualizing Partnerships 111 Conclusion 117 References 119 Index 133 About the Author 141
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Fordham University Press History and Hope
Book SynopsisProvides a better understanding - both within and outside academia - of the multifaceted demands posed by humanitarian assistance programmesTrade Review"The pursuit of the goals of humanitarianism whether through assistance or intervention has no single way, follows no preconceived pattern. Almost by definition each experience is different. This means, more perhaps than in any other human activity, that practitioners have to be ready to learn from experience and adapt to circumstance. As the editor, contributor and inspiration of this much needed book, Kevin M. Cahill brings the insights of a clinician in tropical medicine and public health, as well as those of an academic in humanitarian studies. Standing behind the book are twelve volumes still with much relevance to present issues into which readers can delve. Kevin M. Cahill and his distinguished fellow authors have distilled in this Reader much wisdom of lasting value." -From the Foreword by Lord David Owen "This Reader is the result of the long struggle to link academia and humanitarian action. Ultimately, preserving "humanitarian space" will be imperative. Only the education of a committed cadre of trained professionals will be able to secure the traditions of neutrality, impartiality, and independence. In this Reader the history and hope of that endeavor seem to blend and rhyme into a poetic and noble assertion, one of undoubted reality but softened by the romance of universal love. The seeds of experience will, hopefully, be allowed to blossom into wisdom. Future generations will have to continue the endless effort to relieve unnecessary suffering and promote universal justice and peace. This Reader should help guide the way forward. That surely is my intent." -From the Introduction by Kevin M. Cahill, M.D.Table of ContentsContributors: Valerie Amos; Kofi Annan; Judy Benjamin; Boutros Boutros-Ghali; Frederick Burkle, M.D.; Kevin M. Cahill, M.D.; Francis Deng; Alain Destexhe; Richard Falk; Richard Goldstone; Paul Grossreider; Peter Hansen; Timothy Harding, M.D.; Larry Hollingworth; Christopher Holshek; Irene Kahn; Pamela Lupton-Bowers; Joseph O'Hare, S.J.; David Rieff; Sam Rose; Richard Ryscavage, S.J.; Ghassan Salame; Nicola Smith; Peter Tarnoff; Jeremy Toye; Ed Tsui; Michel Veuthey; Margareta Wahlstrom; and Alec Wargo
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RAND Evaluating the Reliability of Emergency Response
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RAND Analysis of the Cities Readiness Initiative
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Oxfam Humanitarian Programmes and HIV and AIDS A
Book SynopsisThis manual will help field staff to mainstream HIV and AIDS in humanitarian emergencies and explains both how HIV affects emergencies and how emergencies affect HIV, as well as identifying the particular needs of potential vulnerable groups.
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Berghahn Books Adventures in Aidland
Book SynopsisAnthropological interest in new subjects of research and contemporary knowledge practices has turned ethnographic attention to a wide ranging variety of professional fields. Among these the encounter with international development has perhaps been longer and more intimate than any of the others. Anthropologists have drawn critical attention to the interfaces and social effects of development's discursive regimes but, oddly enough, have paid scant attention to knowledge producers themselves, despite anthropologists being among them. This is the focus of this volume. It concerns the construction and transmission of knowledge about global poverty and its reduction but is equally interested in the social life of development professionals, in the capacity of ideas to mediate relationships, in networks of experts and communities of aid workers, and in the dilemmas of maintaining professional identities. Going well beyond obsolete debates about pure' and applied' anthropology, the book exaTrade Review “Laden with personal accounts and experiences of the development industry and its exclusive processes of knowledge production and circulation, Adventures in Aidlandis an invaluable contribution to the study and practice of development. The realities presented in Mosse’s collection will enrich the education of socio-cultural anthropology students, particularly those considering research on organisations that operate in the industry of global poverty. The social, economic and political shortfalls of professionalism, as they are laid out in the book, make it exceptionally relevant to anthropological work in development, heralding new directions for its scope and impact in the design of policy to reduce global poverty.” · Durham Anthropology Journal “The contributions are framed by a brief, but rich introductory chapter that contextualizes the anthropology of professional expert knowledge. The volume is concluded by a wonderful (in several meanings), entertaining essay by Raymond Apthorpe.” · Forum for Development Studies “By denying developing countries cultural specificity, aid agencies can arrogantly perpetuate their own insularity. This is fascinating and underexplored territory for anthropologists and development theorists alike, making this an important collection.” · Times Literary Supplement “Themes are…consistently woven throughout the book, particularly ethnographic approaches considering mechanisms by which expert knowledge is transmitted…This book fills a gap in the consideration of expert knowledge and its application to consultancy that has not been addressed since Morris and Bastin (2004).” · Anthropological ForumTable of Contents List of Contributors Preface and Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Introduction: The Anthropology of Expertise and Professionals in International Development David Mosse Chapter 2. Calculating Compassion: Accounting for Some Categorical Practices in International Development Maia Green Chapter 3. Rendering Society Technical: Government Through Community and the Ethnographic Turn at the World Bank in Indonesia Tania Murray Li Chapter 4. Social Analysis as Corporate Product: Non-Economists/Anthropologists at Work at the World Bank in Washington DC David Mosse Chapter 5. The World Bank's Expertise: Observant Participation in the World Development Report 2006, Equity and Development Desmond McNeill and Asun Lera St.Clair Chapter 6. World Health and Nepal: Producing Internationals, Healthy Citizenship and the Cosmopolitan Ian Harper Chapter 7. The Sociality of International Aid and Policy Convergence Rosalind Eyben Chapter 8. Parochial Cosmopolitanism and the Power of Nostalgia Dinah Rajak and Jock Stirrat Chapter 9. Tidy Concepts, Messy Lives: Defining Tensions in the Domestic and Overseas Careers of UK Non-governmental Professionals David Lewis Chapter 10. Coda: Alice in Aidland, A Seriously Satirical Allegory Raymond Apthorpe Bibliography Index
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Wild Goose Publications Exile in Israel A Personal Journey with the
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Authormike Ink Springfield Tornado Stories From The Heart
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