| Description |
229 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
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 always better than doing nothing, and to hold humanitarians responsible for the consequences of their deeds. --from publisher description |
| Notes |
Translation of: De crisiskaravaan |
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"First English edition published in the United Kingdom in 2010 under the title War games by Viking, London"--T.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Disaster relief.
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Humanitarian assistance.
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| Author |
Waters, Liz, translator
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Polman, Linda.
Crisiskaravaan. English.
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| LC no. |
2010004825 |
| ISBN |
9780805092905 |
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0805092900 |
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