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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... force that no amount of academic analysis can convey. These revelations are bound to disturb those who are used to the fundraising-poster image of Oxfam and other humanitarian agencies as benign, concern-driven enterprises. Yet they are ...
... force that no amount of academic analysis can convey. These revelations are bound to disturb those who are used to the fundraising-poster image of Oxfam and other humanitarian agencies as benign, concern-driven enterprises. Yet they are ...
الصفحة vi
... forces of militarism in the contemporary world. It is often argued that people 'enjoy fighting', but this claim is at odds with wide-ranging personal testimonies from war zones across the world. As Tony Vaux wrote in Azerbaijan in 1993 ...
... forces of militarism in the contemporary world. It is often argued that people 'enjoy fighting', but this claim is at odds with wide-ranging personal testimonies from war zones across the world. As Tony Vaux wrote in Azerbaijan in 1993 ...
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... Force: NATO in Albania acquired immune deficiency syndrome Mozambique's state agricultural marketing company Common Agricultural Policy Coalition for the Defence of the Republic (Rwanda) Departmento de Prevencao e Controlo das ...
... Force: NATO in Albania acquired immune deficiency syndrome Mozambique's state agricultural marketing company Common Agricultural Policy Coalition for the Defence of the Republic (Rwanda) Departmento de Prevencao e Controlo das ...
الصفحة x
... Force (Somalia) UN Protection Force (Bosina) United States Agency for International Development Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Third World and Environment Broadcasting Project UN World Food Programme Introduction W hat are our ...
... Force (Somalia) UN Protection Force (Bosina) United States Agency for International Development Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Third World and Environment Broadcasting Project UN World Food Programme Introduction W hat are our ...
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... forces are now unravelling against a context of rapid global change. These wars are not between states or even between recognizable military entities, and they rarely have a recognizable objective of peace; they are chronic wars of ...
... forces are now unravelling against a context of rapid global change. These wars are not between states or even between recognizable military entities, and they rarely have a recognizable objective of peace; they are chronic wars of ...
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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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