Disaster and Development: The Politics of Humanitarian Aid - Brossura

Middleton, Neil

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0745312241 ISBN 13: 9780745312248

Casa editrice: Pluto Press, 1997

Riassunto

In this compelling and controversial study, Neil Middleton and Phil O'Keefe examine the links between disasters, aid, development and relief - in the context of globalisation, the 'free market' ideology of the industrialised nations, the rapacity of financial short termism and the rise of new forms of colonialism - and argue that the profoundly political dimensions of humanitarian aid and disaster relief are being ignored. To illustrate this, the authors draw on case studies from Somalia, Kenya, Sudan, Mozambique, Rwanda, Afghanistan and Azerbaijan.

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Emma Guest was communications manager for the Samaritans a helpline for the suicidal until she moved to South Africa in 1998. Since then she has been a freelance writer on AIDS-related matters for companies, charities and the South African government. She now lives in London.

Emma Guest was communications manager for the Samaritans a helpline for the suicidal until she moved to South Africa in 1998. Since then she has been a freelance writer on AIDS-related matters for companies, charities and the South African government. She now lives in London.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Pluto Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0745312241
• ISBN 13: 9780745312248
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 200
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile