War and Hunger: Rethinking International Reponses to Complex Emergencies - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856492923 ISBN 13: 9781856492928

Publisher: Zed Books Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

Conflicts, such as those in Bosnia, Somalia, Angola and Rwanda, involve not just civil deaths but also widespread hunger and even famine. United Nations agencies and many charitable organizations have tried to intervene in order to reduce the human suffering involved, but, as this investigation reveals, they confront numerous difficulties, contradictions and limitations on what they can achieve. The authors explore how warfare increases hunger. Chapters focus on the reforms required of the UN's machinery if it is to cope more effectively, make reassessments of the role of relief in time of war, and ask how NGOs should respond to the new circumstances thrown up by post-Cold War international interventions.

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About the Author

Joanna Macrae is a Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute. Over the past decade she has conducted a wide range of research and evaluations looking at how aid works in conflict settings, and how these responses reflect wider changes in international relations. In addition to extensive work on donor policy in this area, she has also conducted fieldwork in the Balkans, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Sudan and West Africa. She is Co- Editor, with Anthony Zwi of War and Hunger: Rethinking International Responses to Complex Emergencies, and with Helen Young of Disasters: the journal of disaster studies, policy and management.

Edition details

• Publisher: Zed Books Ltd
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1856492923
• ISBN 13: 9781856492928
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Zwi Professor Anthony, Macrae Joanna