The crisis caravan : what's wrong with humanitarian aid? /

The crisis caravan : what's wrong with humanitarian aid? /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Polman, Linda.
Uniform title:	Crisiskaravaan. English
Edition:	1st U.S. ed.
Imprint:	New York : Metropolitan Books, ©2010.
Description:	229 pages ; 22 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	War relief. International relief. Humanitarian assistance. Humanitarian assistance. International relief. War relief.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12715085

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Other title:	War games.
Other authors / contributors:	Waters, Liz.
ISBN:	9780805092905 0805092900 9780312610586 0312610580
Notes:	"First English edition published in the United Kingdom in 2010 under the title War games by Viking, London"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220) and index. Translation of: De crisiskaravaan.
Summary:	Linda Polman takes us to war zones around the globe to show the often compromised results of aid workers' best intentions. It is time, Polman argues, to impose ethical boundaries, to question whether doing something is always better than doing nothing, and to hold humanitarians responsible for the consequences of their deeds. --From publisher description.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
1. Goma: A ôTotal Ethical Disasterö
2. Contract Fever
3. MONGOs
4. Donor Darlings
5. Aid as a Weapon of War
6. Refugee Warriors
7. The Hunger Weapon
8. When Recipients Call the Shots
9. Afghaniscam
10. The Logic of the Humanitarian Era
Afterword: Ask Them Questions
Aidspeak
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index