The new humanitarians in international practice: emerging actors and contested principles

As humanitarian needs continue to grow rapidly, humanitarian action has become more contested, with new actors entering the field to address unmet needs, but also challenging long-held principles and precepts. This volume provides detailed empirical comparisons between emerging and traditional human...

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Other Authors: Sezgin, Zeynep 1978- (Editor), Dijkzeul, Dennis 1966- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York Routledge 2016
Series:Routledge humanitarian studies series
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Summary:As humanitarian needs continue to grow rapidly, humanitarian action has become more contested, with new actors entering the field to address unmet needs, but also challenging long-held principles and precepts. This volume provides detailed empirical comparisons between emerging and traditional humanitarian actors. It sheds light on why and how the emerging actors engage in humanitarian crises and how their activities are carried out and perceived in their transnational organizational environment. It develops and applies a conceptual framework.
Physical Description:xix, 373 Seiten Diagramme

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