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The New Humanitarians in International Practice
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The New Humanitarians in International Practice

Emerging actors and contested principles
PaperbackPaperback
EUR64,00

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This book sheds light on why and how new humanitarian actors engage in humanitarian action and how their humanitarian activities are perceived in their (transnational) organisational environment. It provides detailed international and empirical comparisons between the 'new' humanitarians and traditional humanitarian actors, in particular those which focus on the relative level of commitment to humanitarian principles. It thus elucidates the role of the humanitarian principles in promoting coherence and coordination in the crowded and diverse world of humanitarian actors.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-8153-9424-2
Product TypePaperback
BindingPaperback
FormatTrade paperback (US)
Publishing date04/12/2017
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 156 mm, Height 234 mm, Thickness 21 mm
Weight553 g
Article no.28188759
CatalogsLibri
Data source no.A37852103
Product groupBU676
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Author

Zeynep Sezgin is Lise-Meitner Fellow of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and leads the research project "Legitimacy of Faith-Based Humanitarian Organisations in Austria, Germany and Pakistan" at the Department of Development Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria.

Dennis Dijkzeul is Professor of Conflict and Organisation Research at the Social Science School and the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.

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