The Selfish Altruist: Relief Work in Famine and WarEarthscan, 2013 - 241 páginas Provides an analysis of some of the most traumatic situations involving famine and war of the last two decades, helping us to understand what it takes to be an aid worker and how important humanitarian action is today. Famine and war evoke strong emotional reactions, and for most people there is a limited amount they can do. But the relief worker has to convert emotional responses into practical action and difficult choices - whom to help and how. Their own feelings have to motivate action for others. But can they separate out their own selfish feelings and prejudices in such an emotive climat. |
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... issues involved . But this adversarial approach does not do jus- tice to the complexities of humanitarian work , and also carries a danger of strengthening isolationist tendencies in Western countries . It is to Tony Vaux's credit that ...
... issues involved . But this adversarial approach does not do jus- tice to the complexities of humanitarian work , and also carries a danger of strengthening isolationist tendencies in Western countries . It is to Tony Vaux's credit that ...
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... issues , while the aid worker is left with the task of con- verting public response into practical action . Yet the same mixture of motives and feelings persists . A feeling that ' I have been clever and they have been stupid ' may ...
... issues , while the aid worker is left with the task of con- verting public response into practical action . Yet the same mixture of motives and feelings persists . A feeling that ' I have been clever and they have been stupid ' may ...
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... issues into the open and to explore them dispassionately . For aid workers , there is plenty of scope to develop our own ideologies , to choose whom to help and whom to ignore , to enjoy a sense of power and to overlook the capacity of ...
... issues into the open and to explore them dispassionately . For aid workers , there is plenty of scope to develop our own ideologies , to choose whom to help and whom to ignore , to enjoy a sense of power and to overlook the capacity of ...
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... issues under dis- cussion . I form my perceptions from the issues I deal with . Because there is no fixed morality ... issue has been dominated by the question ( of concern to generals as much as to humanitarians ) of how to limit the ...
... issues under dis- cussion . I form my perceptions from the issues I deal with . Because there is no fixed morality ... issue has been dominated by the question ( of concern to generals as much as to humanitarians ) of how to limit the ...
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... issues and the personal interests of politicians that I felt the meaning of the word desperately needed to be clarified . If voluntary agencies are to hand over the torch of leadership to governments , let us at least take stock of what ...
... issues and the personal interests of politicians that I felt the meaning of the word desperately needed to be clarified . If voluntary agencies are to hand over the torch of leadership to governments , let us at least take stock of what ...
Conteúdo
Kosovo The Loss of Impartiality | 19 |
Ethiopia A Golden Age of Humanitarianism? | 45 |
Sudan Impartiality and Selfrespect | 71 |
Mozambique Vulnerability and Power | 95 |
Afghanistan Pride and Principle | 117 |
Somalia Emotion and Order | 139 |
Azerbaijan and Bosnia Responsibility and Rights | 161 |
The Rwanda Genocide Mans Inhumanity | 185 |
The Selfish Altruist | 203 |
Notes on the Sources | 215 |
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The Selfish Altruist: Relief Work in Famine and War Tony Vaux,Anthony Vaux Visualização parcial - 2001 |
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