Randolph C. Kent

Humanitarian Futures (eBook, PDF)

Challenges and Opportunities

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The book explores the increasing types, dimensions and dynamics of crisis threats, arguing that humanitarians can only meet challenges if they fundamentally shift their approaches to strategic and operational planning. This book will be an essential read for policymakers and practitioners as well as for researchers and students alike.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040128350
• Artikelnr.: 72280785

Autorenporträt

Randolph C. Kent is Visiting Professor, African Leadership Centre, King's College London; Honorary Professor at the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London; Senior Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute and Director of the Humanitarian Futures Programme [www.humanitarianfutures.org].

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Cassandra's Challenge and the Helenus Alternative 1: An
Odyssey 2: The Changing Dimensions of Human Agency 3: Governance and
Resource Prioritisation: From a Futures Perspective 4: Towards the Brink 5:
The Entanglement Nexus 6: Managing Humanitarian Threats in a Polylateral
World 7: The Humanitarian Organisation for the Future 8: The Helenus
Alternative: Planning from the Future