The politics of protection : the limits of humanitarian action /
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Author / Creator: | Ferris, Elizabeth G., author. |
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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 |
ISBN: | 9780815721383 0815721382 1283046776 9781283046770 9780815721376 0815721374 |
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. |
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 |
Standard no.: | 3646699 |
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