Research Catalog

Title

Global humanitarianism : NGOs and the crafting of community / D. Robert DeChaine.

Author

DeChaine, D. Robert (Daniel Robert), 1961-

Publication

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2005.

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Details

Description

viii, 187 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"In Global Humanitarianism: NGOs and the Crafting of Community, author D. Robert DeChaine explores a narrative common to the nongovernmental organization community about the promise and confusion of living together in postmodern times. Palpable in their affective admixture of idealism, fear, hope, anger, and uncertainty, the protagonists of the story are humanitarian social actors, engaged in a vivid social drama. Their audience, as made apparent by DeChaine's at scholarship, is intimately engaged in the drama as well."--Jacket.

Subject

• Non-governmental organizations
• Politics and culture
• Culture and globalization
• Humanitarianism
• Organisations non gouvernementales
• Politique et culture
• Culture et mondialisation
• Humanitaire
• Internationalisatie
• Niet-gouvernementele organisaties
• Hulpverlening
• Politieke acties
• Organizations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-181) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: The crisis of community in a globalized world -- The crafting of a new global community -- Framing humanitarian action : Médecins sans frontières/Doctors Without Borders -- Mobilizing global rhetorical culture : the international campaign to ban landmines -- Conclusion: Taking community seriously.

ISBN

• 0739109391 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780739109397 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0739112422 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780739112427 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2005020824

OCLC

• 61151507
• SCSB-12567519

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library