The Selfish Altruist: Relief Work in Famine and WarRoutledge, 17/06/2013 - 240 من الصفحات Provides an analysis of some of the most traumatic situations involving famine and war of the last two decades, helping us to understand what it takes to be an aid worker and how important humanitarian action is today. Famine and war evoke strong emotional reactions, and for most people there is a limited amount they can do. But the relief worker has to convert emotional responses into practical action and difficult choices - whom to help and how. Their own feelings have to motivate action for others. But can they separate out their own selfish feelings and prejudices in such an emotive climate? How do they avoid being partial among those they are helping? Are they motivated by altruistic concern, or the power they experience or the attention they receive? Tony Vaux brings over 20 years experience as one of Oxfam's leading emergency managers to the exploration of the conflicts between subjective impulses and objective judgements and the dilemmas relief workers contend with. |
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... : Responsibility and Rights The Rwanda Genocide: Man's Inhumanity The Selfish Altruist Notes on the Sources Index vii ix 17 43 69 93 115 137 159 183 201 213 224 Foreword I n this book Tony Vauxspeaks with disarminghonesty about Contents.
... : Responsibility and Rights The Rwanda Genocide: Man's Inhumanity The Selfish Altruist Notes on the Sources Index vii ix 17 43 69 93 115 137 159 183 201 213 224 Foreword I n this book Tony Vauxspeaks with disarminghonesty about Contents.
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... Rwanda, Kosovo, Azerbaijan, Somalia and elsewhere), many 'humanitarian dilemmas' come alive with a force that no amount of academic analysis can convey. These revelations are bound to disturb those who are used to the fundraising-poster ...
... Rwanda, Kosovo, Azerbaijan, Somalia and elsewhere), many 'humanitarian dilemmas' come alive with a force that no amount of academic analysis can convey. These revelations are bound to disturb those who are used to the fundraising-poster ...
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... (Rwanda) Departmento de Prevencao e Controlo das Calamidades Naturais (Department for the Prevention and Control of Natural Calamities) Department for International Development (UK) European Commission currency European Economic ...
... (Rwanda) Departmento de Prevencao e Controlo das Calamidades Naturais (Department for the Prevention and Control of Natural Calamities) Department for International Development (UK) European Commission currency European Economic ...
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... Rwanda, however, ethnic cleansing proceeded to the direst of all human consequences: genocide–the attempt to obliterate an entire race of people. Many of my colleagues working in Rwanda said they had lost faith in humanity and in ...
... Rwanda, however, ethnic cleansing proceeded to the direst of all human consequences: genocide–the attempt to obliterate an entire race of people. Many of my colleagues working in Rwanda said they had lost faith in humanity and in ...
الصفحة 8
... Rwanda genocide, was exceptionally large, possibly because the public failed to appreciate that their aid was mainly going to those who caused the problem, and not to the victims themselves. But this self-deception was not possible for ...
... Rwanda genocide, was exceptionally large, possibly because the public failed to appreciate that their aid was mainly going to those who caused the problem, and not to the victims themselves. But this self-deception was not possible for ...
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A Golden Age of Humanitarianism? | 43 |
Impartiality and Selfrespect | 69 |
Vulnerability and Power | 93 |
Pride and Principle | 115 |
Emotion and Order | 137 |
Responsibility and Rights | 159 |
Mans Inhumanity | 183 |
Chapter 9 The Selfish Altruist | 201 |
Notes on the Sources | 213 |
Index | 224 |
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