An introduction to humanitarian action

"This important new textbook provides a concise and practice-oriented introduction to the workings of the humanitarian sector and the key contemporary debates surrounding it. The number of people around the world in need of humanitarian action and protection is at its highest figure in decades;...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Radtke, Katrin (Editor), Roepstorff, Kristina, 1978- (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
SeriesRoutledge humanitarian studies series.
Subjects
Humanitarian assistance.
Disaster relief.
Humanitarianism.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781003598602
1003598609
9781003350279
1003350275
9781000877168
1000877167
9781000877182
1000877183
9781032395562
9781032395555
1032395559
1032395567
Physical Description1 online resource.

Cover

Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Introduction. Humanitarian Action in a Changing World
  • Zoom in: Interactions between Local and International Response
  • Decolonising Humanitarian Action
  • Part 2. Humanitarian Response. Humanitarian Crises
  • Actors and Institutions
  • Zoom in: Communities as First Responders
  • Rules and Norms of Humanitarian Action
  • Modalities and Sectors
  • Zoom in: Humanitarianism Across the Globe
  • Humanitarian Management
  • Zoom in: Different Models of Humanitarian Action
  • Part 3. Trends and Challenges. Humanitarian Access
  • Diversity and Inclusion in Humanitarian Action
  • Nexus Thinking: Linking Humanitarian Action with Development, Peace, and Beyond
  • Humanitarian Innovation: Past, Present, and Future of a Movement for Change
  • Anticipatory Humanitarian Action.

Similar Items