Overview
- Addresses highly topical questions of humanitarian crisis assistance
- Contains articles from academics of the NOHA universities
- Provides insights in disaster response
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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This book includes contributions from academics, practitioners and policy-makers connected with the Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA), an international association of universities that is committed to interdisciplinary education and research on humanitarian action. Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of NOHA, this book highlights some of the most pressing issues and challenges facing humanitarian action and explores potential solutions.
Drawing on theory and practice, and spanning a broad range of subject matter, the book explores the origin of key concepts such as human security, reconciliation and resilience and questions their effectiveness in the pursuit of humanitarian ends. It also charts current developments in the humanitarian system, in particular in its legal and financial frameworks. Issues relating to humanitarian stakeholders, such as the role of the media and the protection of humanitarian workers, are also addressed. The contributions are influenced by a range of disciplines, including anthropology, political science, legal studies and communications.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Humanitarian Challenge
Book Subtitle: 20 Years European Network on Humanitarian Action (NOHA)
Editors: Pat Gibbons, Hans-Joachim Heintze
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13470-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-13469-7Published: 23 March 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34619-9Published: 05 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-13470-3Published: 16 March 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 286
Number of Illustrations: 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Political Science, International Relations