The politics and policies of relief, aid and reconstruction: contrasting approaches to disasters and emergencies

Innovation in the world's institutions and global politics as well as in the physical environment and practices of the contemporary societies has raised the need for specific and up-to-date knowledge about the politics and policies of relief, aid and reconstruction. This book advances the political analysis ofinternational disaster policies which have been mostly in the domain of othersocial sciences. Exploring the formation of this field of study, this collection analyses the most recent disaster events including the Haiti earthquake, the tsunami in the Pacific Ocean and the genocide in Rwanda and Former Yugoslavia. Broadly linked to constructivism and neo-institutionalism, this book also looks at the impact of these cooperation policies on the governance of the present global system. INDICE: List of Tables and Figures.List of Acronyms.Note on the Contributors.Preface.Introduction.PART I: THEORIES AND APPROACHES.Humanitarian and Emergency Policies and the Change of the Global Political System; .F.Attinà. Disasters: A Short History of Social Science and World Policy Perspectives; .S.Revet.Theoretical Departures to Disasters and Emergencies; .M.Aaltola.The Nexus between Security, Development and Humanitarianism:A Critical Appraisal to Multidimensional Peace Missions; .M.R.Freire., .P.D.Lopes.& .D.Nascimento.Risk Societies in World Politics: Overcoming Disasters Together; .N.Vanaga.PART II: CASE STUDIES.Catastrophe and Containment - A Critical Analysis of the U.S. Responseto the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti .Annica Moore.The United Nations - European Union Co-operation in Aid, Relief and Reconstruction. The Haiti Case; .C.Morsut.& .M.Iturre.The Politics of Disaster. Coping with 'Humanitarianism' in Post-tsunami Sri Lanka; .M.Benadusi.The UN and Genocide: A Comparative Analysis of Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia; .S.Stein.Humanitarian NGOs in Peacebuilding and Reconstruction Operations;. D.Irrera.'TragiCIMICal': An Attempt at Civil and Military Cooperation in Lebanon; .R.F.Sapienza.Concluding Remarks.References

• ISBN: 978-1-1370-2672-9
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 26/10/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido