The Politics and Policies of Relief, Aid and Reconstruction
Contrasting approaches to disasters and emergencies
Authors: Attina, Fulvio
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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MIKA AALTOLA Programme Director of the 'Global Security' research programme at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland MARA BENADUSI Anthropologist, researcher and lecturer at the University of Catania in the Faculty of Political Sciences, Italy PAULA DUARTE LOPES Assistant Professor of International Relations at the School of Economics and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal MARIA RAQUEL FREIRE Assistant Professor of International Relations at the School of Economics and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies University of Coimbra, Portugal DANIELA IRRERA Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Catania, Italy MAITE J. ITURRE Lecturer at the Administration and Political Sciences Department of the University of the Basque Country, Spain ANNICA MOORE Researcher in International Relations at the University of Lapland, Finland and Senior Advisor at the Finnish University Partnership for International Development, Finland CLAUDIA MORSUT Research Scientist at the International Research Institute of Stavanger and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Education at the University of Stavanger, Norway DANIELA NASCIMENTO Assistant Professor of International Relations at the School of Economics and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal SANDRINE REVET Anthropologist and research fellow at the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales in Paris, France ROSARIO SAPIENZA Anthropologist with more than 15 years of experience in the field of social sciences SABRINA STEIN Graduate student at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, USA NORA VANAGA Doctoral student at the University of Latvia, Latvia
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-18
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Disaster and Emergency Policies at the International and Global System Levels
Pages 21-41
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Conceptualizing and Confronting Disasters: A Panorama of Social Science Research and International Policies
Pages 42-56
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Theoretical Departures to Disasters and Emergencies
Pages 57-75
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The Nexus between Security, Development and Humanitarianism: A Critical Appraisal of Multi-dimensional Peace Missions
Pages 76-92
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Politics and Policies of Relief, Aid and Reconstruction
- Book Subtitle
- Contrasting approaches to disasters and emergencies
- Authors
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- Fulvio Attina
- Copyright
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-02673-6
- DOI
- 10.1057/9781137026736
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-137-02672-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-43936-2
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVI, 265
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