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The Paradoxes of Aid Work: Passionate Professionals

Product Description: This book explores what attracts people to aidwork and to what extent the promises of aidwork are fulfilled. 'Aidland' is a highly complex and heterogeneous context which includes many different occupations, forms of employment and organizations...read more

By Silke Roth

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9780415745925 | Routledge, April 8, 2015, cover price $145.00 | About this edition: This book explores what attracts people to aidwork and to what extent the promises of aidwork are fulfilled.

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9781138200005 | Reprint edition (Routledge, June 11, 2016), cover price $53.95 | About this edition: This book explores what attracts people to aidwork and to what extent the promises of aidwork are fulfilled.

9780345325839, titled "William Goldman's the Silent Gondoliers" | Ballantine Books, November 1, 1985, cover price $3.50 | also contains William Goldman''s the Silent Gondoliers | About this edition: Recounts the story of Luigi the Gondolier and the secret of the sudden silence of the singing gondoliers of Venice's Grand Canal

Travelling to Change Lives

By Paul Beaulieu

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9782981469625 | Editions Mundo, May 31, 2016, cover price $25.00

The International Committee of the Red Cross: A Neutral Humanitarian Actor

Product Description: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has a complex position in international relations, being the guardian of international humanitarian law but often acting discretely to advance human dignity. Treated by most governments as if it were an inter-governmental organization, the ICRC is a non-governmental organization, all-Swiss at the top, and it is given rights and duties in the 1949 Geneva Conventions for Victims of War...read more

By Barbara Ann Rieffer-flanagan

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9781138185524 | 2 revised edition (Routledge, March 11, 2016), cover price $155.00 | About this edition: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has a complex position in international relations, being the guardian of international humanitarian law but often acting discretely to advance human dignity.

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9781138185548 | 2 revised edition (Routledge, March 11, 2016), cover price $44.95 | About this edition: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has a complex position in international relations, being the guardian of international humanitarian law but often acting discretely to advance human dignity.

Swedish Jews & the Victims of Nazi Terror, 1933-1945

By Pontus Rudberg

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9789155493585 | Uppsala Universitet, December 28, 2015, cover price $89.50

Humanitarian Assistance and State Sovereignty in International Law: Towards a Comprehensive Framework

Product Description: An earthquake. A conflict. A tsunami. A coup. Increasingly, non-international armed conflicts send thousands of civilians fleeing across borders to safety, whilst (natural) disasters hit areas of the world where resources to address the calamity are scarce...read more

By Emilie Ellen Kuijt

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9781780683669 | Intersentia Uitgevers N V, November 26, 2015, cover price $114.00 | About this edition: An earthquake.

Humanitarian NGOs, (In)Security and Identity: Epistemic Communities and Security Governance

By Andrea Schneiker

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9781472438072 | Ashgate Pub Co, October 16, 2015, cover price $109.95

The New Humanitarians in International Practice: Emerging Actors and Contested Principles

Product Description: As humanitarian needs continue to grow rapidly, humanitarian action has become more contested, with new actors entering the field to address unmet needs, but also challenging long-held principles and precepts. This volume provides detailed empirical comparisons between emerging and traditional humanitarian actors...read more

By Dennis Dijkzeul (editor)

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9781138829718 | Earthscan / James & James, January 20, 2016, cover price $160.00 | About this edition: As humanitarian needs continue to grow rapidly, humanitarian action has become more contested, with new actors entering the field to address unmet needs, but also challenging long-held principles and precepts.

The Need to Help: The Domestic Arts of International Humanitarianism

By Liisa H. Malkki

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Hardcover:

9780822359128 | Duke Univ Pr, September 11, 2015, cover price $89.95

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9780822359326 | Duke Univ Pr, September 11, 2015, cover price $24.95

Humanitarian Aid Worker

Product Description: Humanitarian aid workers dedicate their lives to helping people in need. They bring medicine, emergency supplies, and other kinds of disaster relief to countries affected by war, natural disasters, and poverty. Aid workers help refugees and also build infrastructure, hospitals, and schools in struggling nations...read more

By Louise Spilsbury

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9780521233040, titled "Scientific Foundations of Psychiatry" | Cambridge Univ Pr, April 1, 1985, cover price $65.00 | also contains Scientific Foundations of Psychiatry | About this edition: This fifth and final volume of the Handbook of Psychiatry presents an overview of those basic sciences which underlie the development of modern psychological medicine.

9780521212489, titled "Civilization in Crisis: Human Prospects in a Changing World" | Cambridge Univ Pr, May 1, 1977, cover price $29.50 | also contains Civilization in Crisis: Human Prospects in a Changing World | About this edition: First published in 1976, this book presupposes a future in which man will be increasingly confronted by a series of global disorders.

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9781499408010 | Powerkids Pr, August 1, 2015, cover price $10.00

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9781499407990 | Powerkids Pr, August 1, 2015, cover price $26.25 | About this edition: Humanitarian aid workers dedicate their lives to helping people in need.

Accepting Assistance in the Aftermath of Disasters: Standards for States Under International Law

Product Description: Disasters have a devastating effect on the lives of people. The occurrence of a disaster can kill thousands in an instant, injure many others, damage homes, and destroy livelihoods. It is of essential importance that the response to a disaster is as effective and adequate as possible in order to limit and alleviate the suffering of disaster survivors...read more

By Stefanie Jansen-wilhelm

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9781780683294 | Intersentia Uitgevers N V, June 23, 2015, cover price $71.00 | About this edition: Disasters have a devastating effect on the lives of people.

The Routledge Companion to Humanitarian Action

Product Description: The Companion on Humanitarian Action addresses the political, ethical, legal and practical issues which influence reactions to humanitarian crisis. It does so by exploring the daily dilemmas faced by a range of actors, including policy makers, aid workers, the private sector and the beneficiaries of aid and by challenging common perceptions regarding humanitarian crisis and the policies put in place to address these...read more

By Roger Mac Ginty (editor) and Jenny H. Peterson (editor)

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9780415844420 | Routledge, March 18, 2015, cover price $278.00 | About this edition: The Companion on Humanitarian Action addresses the political, ethical, legal and practical issues which influence reactions to humanitarian crisis.

Working in International Development and Humanitarian Assistance: A Career Guide

By Maia Gedde

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9780415698344 | Routledge, March 24, 2015, cover price $140.00

9780253395122, titled "Studies in Contemporary Jewry: Institute of Contemporary Jewry, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem" | Indiana Univ Pr, February 1, 1986, cover price $27.50 | also contains Studies in Contemporary Jewry: Institute of Contemporary Jewry, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

9780253398055, titled "Sex Roles, Family and Community in Turkey" | Indiana Univ Pr, December 1, 1983, cover price $32.50 | also contains Sex Roles, Family and Community in Turkey

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9780415698351 | Routledge, March 27, 2015, cover price $58.95

Humanitarian Action: Global, Regional and Domestic Legal Responses

By Joost Herman (editor)

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9781107053533 | Cambridge Univ Pr, November 30, 2014, cover price $150.00

Humanitarian Logistics: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing for and Responding to Disasters

By Martin Christopher (editor)

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9780749470876 | 2 edition (Kogan Page Ltd, October 28, 2014), cover price $70.00

Humanitarian Architecture: 15 Stories of Architects Working After Disaster

Product Description: Never has the demand been so urgent for architects to respond to the design and planning challenges of rebuilding post-disaster sites and cities. In 2011, more people were displaced by natural disasters (42 million) than by wars and armed conflicts...read more

By Esther Charlesworth

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9780415818667 | Routledge, August 12, 2014, cover price $200.00 | About this edition: Never has the demand been so urgent for architects to respond to the design and planning challenges of rebuilding post-disaster sites and cities.

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9780415818674 | Routledge, August 12, 2014, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Never has the demand been so urgent for architects to respond to the design and planning challenges of rebuilding post-disaster sites and cities.

Negotiating Relief: The Politics of Humanitarian Space

Product Description: While humanitarianism is unquestionably a fast-growing subject of practitioner and scholarly engagement, much discussion about it is predicated on a dangerous dichotomy between "aid givers" and "relief takers" that largely misrepresents the negotiated nature of the humanitarian enterprise...read more

By Michele Acuto (editor)

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9781849042666 | Hurst & Co Ltd, August 1, 2014, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: While humanitarianism is unquestionably a fast-growing subject of practitioner and scholarly engagement, much discussion about it is predicated on a dangerous dichotomy between "aid givers" and "relief takers" that largely misrepresents the negotiated nature of the humanitarian enterprise.

The Good Project: Humanitarian Relief Ngos and the Fragmentation of Reason

By Monika Krause

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9780226131221 | Univ of Chicago Pr, June 19, 2014, cover price $85.00

9780314076472, titled "Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts" | West Group, October 1, 1995, cover price $42.01 | also contains Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts

9780314076489, titled "Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts" | West Group, October 1, 1995, cover price $100.84 | also contains Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts

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9780226131368 | Univ of Chicago Pr, June 20, 2014, cover price $27.50

Aid in Danger: The Perils and Promise of Humanitarianism

Product Description: Humanitarian aid workers increasingly remain present in contexts of violence and are injured, kidnapped, and killed as a result. Since 9/11 and in response to these dangers, aid organizations have fortified themselves to shield their staff and programs from outside threats...read more

By Larissa Fast

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9780812246032 | Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, April 16, 2014, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: Humanitarian aid workers increasingly remain present in contexts of violence and are injured, kidnapped, and killed as a result.

Negotiating Relief: The Dialectics of Humanitarian Space

By Michele Acuto (editor)

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9781849042383 | Hurst & Co Ltd, August 1, 2014, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: While humanitarianism is unquestionably a fast-growing subject of practitioner and scholarly engagement, much discussion about it is predicated on a dangerous dichotomy between "aid givers" and "relief takers" that largely misrepresents the negotiated nature of the humanitarian enterprise.

Shared Future

By Michelle Garred

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9781933785011 | William Carey Library Pub, July 2, 2013, cover price $12.95

Diplomacy and Negotiation for Humanitarian Ngos

Product Description: This book presents a detailed, practical guide for modern NGO diplomacy and negotiation. Its clearly developed steps, from team building to decision making and coalition building to cultural awareness, suggest opportunities for creating positive outcomes.

By Albert Simard

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9781461471127 | 1 edition (Springer Verlag, June 6, 2013), cover price $119.00 | About this edition: âââââââ Diplomacy and Funding for HumanitarianÂ Non-ProfitsÂ is a practical guide to best practices inÂ diplomacy and negotiation forÂ non-profits (NGOs) who work toÂ convince governments and international institutions to effectively protect humans through disaster assistance, sustainable development and the protection of cultures.

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9781489993410 | Springer Verlag, June 23, 2015, cover price $119.00 | About this edition: This book presents a detailed, practical guide for modern NGO diplomacy and negotiation.

Humanitarian Intervention: An Introduction

Product Description: A broad-ranging introduction to the theory, practice and politics of humanitarian intervention in the contemporary world. This second edition has been fully updated and includes a new chapter on Libya and the Arab Spring.

By Aidan Hehir

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9781137301567 | 2 edition (Palgrave Macmillan, April 25, 2013), cover price $120.00 | About this edition: A broad-ranging introduction to the theory, practice and politics of humanitarian intervention in the contemporary world.

9780230220300 | Palgrave Macmillan, January 15, 2010, cover price $105.00 | About this edition: A broad-ranging introduction to the theory, practice and politics of humanitarian intervention on the contemporary world, its historical background and future prospects after the experiences of Rwanda, Kosovo, Darfur and Iraq.

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9781137301550 | 2 edition (Palgrave Macmillan, April 25, 2013), cover price $46.50 | About this edition: A broad-ranging introduction to the theory, practice and politics of humanitarian intervention in the contemporary world.

9780230220317 | Palgrave Macmillan, January 15, 2010, cover price $39.00 | About this edition: A broad-ranging introduction to the theory, practice and politics of humanitarian intervention on the contemporary world, its historical background and future prospects after the experiences of Rwanda, Kosovo, Darfur and Iraq.

History and Hope: The International Humanitarian Reader

Product Description: History and Hope: The International Humanitarian Reader provides a better understanding--both within and outside academia--of the multifaceted demands posed by humanitarian assistance programs. The Reader is a compilation of the most important chapters in the twelve-volume International Humanitarian Affairs book series published by Fordham University Press...read more

By Kevin M. Cahill, M. D. (editor) and Owen (foreword by)

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9780823251964 | Fordham Univ Pr, May 1, 2013, cover price $95.00 | About this edition: History and Hope: The International Humanitarian Reader provides a better understanding--both within and outside academia--of the multifaceted demands posed by humanitarian assistance programs.

History and Hope: The International Humanitarian Reader

By Kevin M. Cahill, M. D. (editor) and David Owen (foreword by)

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9780823251971 | Fordham Univ Pr, May 1, 2013, cover price $30.00

The Politics and Policies of Relief, Aid and Reconstruction: Contrasting Approaches to Disasters and Emergencies

Product Description: Disaster policies present a new challenge to the practitioners and students of global politics; this book explains how political science enriches the contribution of the social sciences to the study of disaster relief, aid and reconstruction following the major disaster events, both natural and man-made, of recent times...read more

By Fulvio Attina (editor)

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9781137026729 | Palgrave Macmillan, November 13, 2012, cover price $105.00 | About this edition: Disaster policies present a new challenge to the practitioners and students of global politics; this book explains how political science enriches the contribution of the social sciences to the study of disaster relief, aid and reconstruction following the major disaster events, both natural and man-made, of recent times.

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