The uncertain business of doing good : outsiders in Africa /

The uncertain business of doing good : outsiders in Africa /

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Author / Creator:Krotz, Larry, 1948-
Imprint:Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (220 pages) : maps
Language:English
Subject:
Krotz, Larry, -- 1948- -- Travel -- Africa.
Krotz, Larry, -- 1948-
Humanitarian assistance -- Africa.
Humanitarian assistance -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Africa.
Altruism.
Altruism.
Humanitarian assistance.
International relations.
Social conditions.
Travel.
Western countries -- Relations -- Africa.
Africa -- Relations -- Western countries.
Africa -- Social conditions -- 1960-
Africa.
Western countries.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11135492
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ISBN:9780887553844
0887553842
9780887554148
0887554148
9780887557071
0887557074
1283091305
9781283091305
9786613091307
6613091308
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220).
English.
Print version record.
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Summary:

In The Uncertain Business of Doing Good, Larry Kotz explores the "good intentions" that underlie Westerners' urge to help Africa, focussing specifically on people involved in trying to end the Angolan civil war, AIDS research and the UNIM circumcision research project in Kenya, and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

Physical Description:1 online resource (220 pages) : maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-220).
ISBN:9780887553844
0887553842
9780887554148
0887554148
9780887557071
0887557074
1283091305
9781283091305
9786613091307
6613091308

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