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

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ISBN	9780312610586 (pbk.)
Call Number	HV553 P777 2010
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.
Physical	229 p. ; 22 cm.
General Note	Translation of: De crisiskaravaan
General Note	"First English edition published in the United Kingdom in2010 under the title War games by Viking, London"--T.p.verso
Contents Note	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
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 alwaysbetter than doing nothing, and to hold humanitarians responsible for the consequences of their deeds. --from publisher description
Subject	Disaster relief
Subject	Humanitarian assistance
Keyword	New Arrivals 12-2019
Coorperative Author	Waters, Liz
Coorperative Author	Polman, Linda
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100 1 ^aPolman, Linda

245 14^aThe crisis caravan :^bwhat's wrong with humanitarian aid? /^cLinda Polman ; translated by Liz Waters

250 ^a1st U.S. ed

260 ^aNew York :^bMetropolitan Books,^cc2010.

300 ^a229 p. ;^c22 cm.

500 ^aTranslation of: De crisiskaravaan ^a"First English edition published in the United Kingdom in2010 under the title War games by Viking, London"--T.p.verso

504 ^aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [211]-220), glossary and index

505 0 ^aGoma: a "total ethical disaster" --^tContract fever --^tMONGOs --^tDonor darlings --^tAid as a weapon of war --^tRefugee warriors --^tThe hunger weapon --^tWhen recipients call the shots --^tAfghaniscam --^tThe logic of the humanitarian era --^tAfterword: Ask them questions

520 ^aLinda 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 alwaysbetter than doing nothing, and to hold humanitarians responsible for the consequences of their deeds. --from publisher description

650 0^aDisaster relief 0^aHumanitarian assistance

653 ^aNew Arrivals 12-2019

700 1 ^aWaters, Liz 1 ^aPolman, Linda

856 40^3Content^uhttp://library.nhrc.or.th/ulib/document/Content/T10789.pdf

917 ^aKN :^c521

955 ^a1 copy

999 ^aKeyrunya

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