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Author: Joanna Macrae
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Zed Books Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 13.80cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.230kg
ISBN: 9781856499415
ISBN 10: 1856499413
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 01 July 2001
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
'Basing her analysis on extensive fieldwork in Africa and Asia, Joanna Macrae challenges the emerging orthodoxy that international aid should play a role in the management of conflict, and that it should promote development in the midst of war. An important new book that provides a sobering reassessment of the role and impact of aid in unstable states.' - Jeff Crisp, Head of Evaluation and Policy Analysis, UNHCR 'The provision of aid to ensure recovery from conflict and a durable peace has become a central issue in debates about human security and development. Joanna Macrae has written an important book that promises to inform thinking and action in this field and encourages us to think deeply about new ways of responding in these complex emergencies.' - Shepard Forman, Director, Center on International Cooperation, State University of New York 'Macrae has successfully brought clarity to one of the most complex challenges the humanitarian community now has to face: the role of ostensibly neutral humanitarian assistance in a world of social upheaval and uncertain sovereignty. She has done so with remarkable insight and persuasiveness.' - Randolph Kent, UN Resident Coordinator for Somalia, and author of Anatomy of Disaster Relief: the International Network in Action 'Anyone wishing to understand the new humanitarianism and the growing use of aid as a strategic tool of conflict resolution and social reconstruction in zones of instability will find this book a comprehensive and provocative guide...essential reading for academics and practitioners alike.' - Professor Mark Duffield, Institute for Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds
A sobering reassessment of the role and impact of aid in unstable states. -- Jeff Crisp, Head of Evaluation and Policy Analysis, United Nations High Commisioner for Refugees <br>
Author Information
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.
