The politics of protection : the limits of humanitarian action /

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Author / Creator:Ferris, Elizabeth G., author.
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2011.
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 359 pages)
Language:English
Subject:Humanitarian intervention.
Humanitarian assistance.
LAW -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Diplomacy.
Humanitarian assistance.
Humanitarian intervention.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11260350
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ISBN:9780815721383
0815721382
1283046776
9781283046770
9780815721376
0815721374
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:"Examines the evolution of the international community's understanding and commitment to the concept of 'humanitarian protection, ' focusing on the inconsistencies inherent in responses from Rwanda to Katrina in order to demonstrate the challenges and limitations of protecting future vulnerable populations from war and natural disasters"--Provided by publisher.
Other form:Print version: Ferris, Elizabeth G. Politics of protection. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2011 9780815721376
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