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Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed : The MSF Experience.

Magone, Claire.

Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed : The MSF Experience. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (306 pages)

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- List of Maps -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Acting at Any Price? -- PART I: STORIES -- Sri Lanka: Amid All-Out War -- Ethiopia: A Fool's Game in Ogaden -- Yemen: A Low Profile -- Afghanistan: Regaining Leverage -- Pakistan: The Other Side of the COIN -- Somalia: Everything is Open to Negotiation -- Gaza Strip: A Perilous Transition -- Myanmar: "Golfing with the Generals" -- Nigeria: Public (Health) Relations -- India: The Expert and the Militant -- South Africa: MSF, an African NGO? -- France: Managing the "Undesirables" -- PART II: HISTORY -- Silence Heals… From the Cold War to the War on Terror, MSF Speaks Out: A Brief History -- Caring for Health -- Natural Disasters: "Do Something!" -- Epilogue: In the Name of Emergency. How MSF Adapts and Justifies its Choices -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index.

Published to coincide with the 40th Anniversary of Médecin Sans Frontèires (MSF), this book reveals the realpolitik behind NGO work.

9781849045254


Medical assistance.


Electronic books.

RA393.H86 2011

362.1

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