1. Humanitarianism: A Brief History of the Present

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. List of Abbreviations ix
5. 1. Humanitarianism: A Brief History of the Present 1
6. 2. The Rise of Emergency Relief Aid 49
7. 3. The Imperative to Reduce Suffering: Charity, Progress, and Emergencies in the Field of Humanitarian Action 73
8. 4. Saying “No” to Wal-Mart? Money and Morality in Professional Humanitarianism 98
9. 5. Humanitarian Organizations: Accountable—Why, to Whom, for What, and How? 124
10. 6. The Grand Strategies of Humanitarianism 143
11. 7. The Power of Holding Humanitarianism Hostage and the Myth of Protective Principles 172
12. 8. Sacrifice, Triage, and Global Humanitarianism 196
13. 9. The Distributive Commitments of International NGOs 215
14. 10. Humanitarianism as a Scholarly Vocation 235
15. 11. Humanitarianism and Practitioners: Social Science Matters 264
16. Contributors 287
17. Index 291