Eric A. Belgrad, Nitza Nachmias

The Politics of International Humanitarian Aid Operations (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The theories and case studies examined in this volume constitute a thorough study of foreign intervention in civil conflicts for the purpose of rendering humanitarian aid. The classical paradigm of the ethics of intervention forbids the violation of territorial sovereignty. Public international law and the UN charter also mandate nonintervention within the territorial boundaries of a state. Nevertheless, in recent years, as a result of brutal civil conflicts and their violent and inhumane consequences-as in Rwanda, Bosnia, and Cambodia-international aid interventions have become an accepted practice. Still, international humanitarian aid involves unsettled, controversial issues-dilemmas concerning donors, recipients, and international organizations. These issues, as well as the concepts of sovereignty, human rights, coercive interventions, and peacekeeping, are critically evaluated in this volume, which will be of interest to scholars and policymakers in international relations, human rights, and military affairs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 1997
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313389177
• Artikelnr.: 37833224

Autorenporträt

ERIC A. BELGRAD is Professor and Chairman in the Department of Political Science at Towson State University in Maryland.

NITZA NACHMIAS is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Haifa in Israel.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by General Sir Michael Rose Introduction by Eric A. Belgrad
Issues and Concepts in International Humanitarian Aid Operations The
Politics of Humanitarian Aid by Eric A. Belgrad Military Risk and Political
Commitment in Humanitarian Peace Support Operations by Jim Whitman
Humanitarian Rights and Humanitarian Operations: Theoretical Observations
by David P. Forsythe Humanitarian Aid Operations and Peacekeeping by Alan
James Humanitarian Aid Operations: Case Studies The Case of UNRWA: Five
Decades of Humanitarian Aid by Nitza Nachmias The Case of Rwanda and
Burundi: Two Perspectives Rwanda and Burundi: A Future Path for
Reconciliation in Central Africa by Kenneth F. Hackett To Save One Life Is
to Save the World: The Israeli Operation in Rwanda by Michael Wiener with
Nitza Nachmias Cambodia: Relief, Repatriation and Rehabilitation by Janet
E. Heininger Humanitarian Aid in the Former Yugoslavia: The Limits of
Militarized Humanitarian Assistance by Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr. Prospects for
Future Humanitarian Interventions The United Nations Commissioner for
Refugees in a Changing World by Gil Loescher Conflict and Cooperation:
Humanitarian Action in a Changing World by Thomas G. Weiss Conclusion by
Leon Gordenker Glossary Bibliography Index