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The crisis caravan : what's wrong with humanitarian aid?

Title
The crisis caravan : what's wrong with humanitarian aid? / Linda Polman ; translated by Liz Waters.
Author
Polman, Linda
Publication
New York : Metropolitan Books, c2010.
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Additional Authors
Waters, Liz
Description
229 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
Linda Polman takes us to war zones around the globe to show the often compromised results of aid workers' best intentions. It is time, Polman argues, to impose ethical boundaries, to question whether doing something is always better than doing nothing, and to hold humanitarians responsible for the consequences of their deeds. --from publisher description
Uniform Title
Crisiskaravaan. English
Alternative Title
Crisiskaravaan.
Subject
  • Disaster relief
  • Humanitarian assistance
Note
  • "First English edition published in the United Kingdom in 2010 under the title War games by Viking, London"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-220) and index.
Language (note)
  • Translation of: De crisiskaravaan.
Contents
Goma: a "total ethical disaster" -- Contract fever -- MONGOs -- Donor darlings -- Aid as a weapon of war -- Refugee warriors -- The hunger weapon -- When recipients call the shots -- Afghaniscam -- The logic of the humanitarian era -- Afterword: Ask them questions.
Call Number
JFD 11-478
ISBN
  • 9780805092905
  • 0805092900
LCCN
2010004825
OCLC
540643932
Author
Polman, Linda.
Title
The crisis caravan : what's wrong with humanitarian aid? / Linda Polman ; translated by Liz Waters.
Imprint
New York : Metropolitan Books, c2010.
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-220) and index.
Language
Translation of: De crisiskaravaan.
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Waters, Liz.
Polman, Linda. Crisiskaravaan. English.
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JFD 11-478
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