Humanitarianism and the Greater War, 1914–24

Humanitarianism and the Greater War, 1914–24
Author: Elisabeth Piller
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2023-10-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1526173239

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This book provides fresh perspectives on a key period in the history of humanitarianism. Drawing on economic, cultural, social and diplomatic perspectives, it explores the scale and meaning of humanitarianism in the era of the Great War. Foregrounding the local and global dimensions of the humanitarian responses, it interrogates the entanglement of humanitarian and political interests and uncovers the motivations and agency of aid donors, relief workers and recipients. The chapters probe the limits of humanitarian engagement in a period of unprecedented violence and suffering and evaluate its long-term impact on humanitarian action.

The Great War and the Origins of Humanitarianism, 1918-1924

The Great War and the Origins of Humanitarianism, 1918-1924
Author: Bruno Cabanes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2014-03-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 110702062X

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Pioneering study of the transition from war to peace and the birth of humanitarian rights after the Great War.

International Jewish Humanitarianism in the Age of the Great War

International Jewish Humanitarianism in the Age of the Great War
Author: Jaclyn Granick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2021-06-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108495028

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The untold story of how American Jews reinvented modern humanitarianism during the Great War and rebuilt Jewish life in Jewish homelands.

The Red Cross Movement

The Red Cross Movement
Author: Neville Wylie
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2020-03-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1526133539

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This book offers new and exciting scholarship on the history of the Red Cross Movement by leading historians in the field. It re-imagines and re-evaluates the Red Cross as an institutional network and a key actor in the humanitarian space through two centuries of war and peace.

Refugees and Population Transfer Management in Europe, 1914–1920s

Refugees and Population Transfer Management in Europe, 1914–1920s
Author: Kamil Ruszała
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2024-08-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1040123945

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This book provides a comprehensive study of refugee movements and population transfers across Europe during the First World War and the early postwar period. Drawing parallels with contemporary migration issues, the book serves a social and educational purpose by highlighting Europe's history of migration and emphasizing the relevance of past experiences to current challenges. It seeks to enhance understanding, raise social awareness, and contribute to the broader discourse on war refugeeism by applying historical insights to address contemporary migration crises. The authors discuss how issues of refugee movements and population transfers were addressed in different contexts and reflect on refugees as both war-induced migrants and political tools for authorities. The book covers a range of topics including humanitarian systems during the war and the early postwar period, refugee locations, policy influence, national issues, self-organization, and aid for refugees, as well as immigration control in time after bordering the postimperial Europe. It also addresses the composition of populations in postwar reconstruction processes and its population dynamics. This volume will be of value to those interested in modern European history, social and political history.

Everyday humanitarianism in Cambodia

Everyday humanitarianism in Cambodia
Author: Anne-Meike Fechter
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2023-10-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1526172097

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Faced with the scale of global challenges such as poverty and inequality, one question is where to start. Humanitarian efforts can only ever have limited reach. Among all of human suffering, whom should we support? And what shapes our choices? Such questions are at the core of this book. Through an ethnographic account of moralities, it traces how everyday humanitarian practitioners challenge entrenched values of what matters, upending the notion that the large-scale is inherently important, and even questioning what ‘large’ means in the first place. Instead, these practitioners typically aim to create a difference in the life of a particular person, situating their limited actions within pervasive poverty.

A history of humanitarianism, 1755–1989

A history of humanitarianism, 1755–1989
Author: Silvia Salvatici
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2019-04-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1526120178

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The book traces the history of international aid from the anti-slavery movement to the end of the cold war. The reconstruction of humanitarianism’s long pattern unfolds around some crucial moments and events: the colonial expansion of European countries, the two world wars and their aftermaths, the emergence of a new postcolonial order.

Humanitarian extractivism

Humanitarian extractivism
Author: Kristin Bergtora Sandvik
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2023-10-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1526165813

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This book investigates the digital transformation of aid as a form of humanitarian extractivism. It focuses on how practices of data extraction shift power towards states, the private sector and humanitarians. Digital initiatives aimed towards ‘fixing’ the humanitarian system, making it better and more secure, also create risk and harm for vulnerable individuals and communities. Central to the digital transformation of aid is the digital body – with digital identities becoming a prerequisite for receiving aid and protection – and the centralisation of vulnerability arising from enormous databases holding ever more humanitarian data. Cyber-attacks, human error and technological problems generate risks for humanitarians, but also mean that humanitarians themselves can put populations in need at risk. The book explores new humanitarian spaces and practices such as the humanitarian drone airspace, wearable innovation challenges and ethics in global disaster innovation labs.

Humanitarianism in the Modern World

Humanitarianism in the Modern World
Author: Norbert Götz
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2020-07-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108493521

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A fresh look at two centuries of humanitarian history through a moral economy approach focusing on appeals, allocation, and accounting.