Humanitarian Action Facing the New Challenges
Author | : Markus Moke |
Publisher | : BWV Verlag |
Total Pages | : 147 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783830525493 |
ISBN-13 | : 3830525494 |
Rating | : 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: HauptbeschreibungDelivering humanitarian aid has become a complex issue in contemporary politics and practice. The expansion of the humanitarian field caused by an increasing number of humanitarian actors and international donors - such as the EU, the United States, and the United Nations - leads to new questions concerning complex coordination, legitimacy, and accountability. These changes in the humanitarian arena, the so-called "New Wars", and advances in international law confront humanitarian actors with additional challenges. In turn, such changes require a professionalization of aid in.