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Condemned to Repeat? : The Paradox of Humanitarian Action.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2002Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (299 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801468643
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Condemned to Repeat?DDC classification:
  • 361.2/6
LOC classification:
  • HV640
Online resources:
Contents:
Condemned to Repeat? -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Humanitarian Action and Responsibility -- 2. The Afghan Refugee Camps in Pakistan -- 3. The Nicaraguan and Salvadoran Refugee Camps in Honduras -- 4. The Cambodian Refugee Camps in Thailand -- 5. The Rwandan Refugee Camps in Zaire -- 6. Humanitarian Action in a Second-Best World -- Appendix: Documents from the Rwandan Refugee Camps -- Index.
Summary: Humanitarian groups have failed, Fiona Terry believes, to face up to the core paradox of their activity: humanitarian action aims to alleviate suffering, but by inadvertently sustaining conflict it potentially prolongs suffering.
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Condemned to Repeat? -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Humanitarian Action and Responsibility -- 2. The Afghan Refugee Camps in Pakistan -- 3. The Nicaraguan and Salvadoran Refugee Camps in Honduras -- 4. The Cambodian Refugee Camps in Thailand -- 5. The Rwandan Refugee Camps in Zaire -- 6. Humanitarian Action in a Second-Best World -- Appendix: Documents from the Rwandan Refugee Camps -- Index.

Humanitarian groups have failed, Fiona Terry believes, to face up to the core paradox of their activity: humanitarian action aims to alleviate suffering, but by inadvertently sustaining conflict it potentially prolongs suffering.

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