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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... situations where this principle would offer insufficient guidance on its own. Consider, for instance, the predicament of aid agencies in Sudan in the 1980s where, as Tony Vaux observes, 'providing a few sacks of food was virtually the ...
... situations where this principle would offer insufficient guidance on its own. Consider, for instance, the predicament of aid agencies in Sudan in the 1980s where, as Tony Vaux observes, 'providing a few sacks of food was virtually the ...
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... situation, it is important to promote a better understanding of the dilemmas – and political economy – of humanitarian intervention among donors (and this includes the general public). That, to my mind, is one of the chief contributions ...
... situation, it is important to promote a better understanding of the dilemmas – and political economy – of humanitarian intervention among donors (and this includes the general public). That, to my mind, is one of the chief contributions ...
الصفحة vi
... situations. Based on my own experiences in Iraq in 1990– 1992, I am not surprised to read Tony Vaux's impression of Bosnia in 1993: 'The difference between what the European public believes and what happens on the ground is ...
... situations. Based on my own experiences in Iraq in 1990– 1992, I am not surprised to read Tony Vaux's impression of Bosnia in 1993: 'The difference between what the European public believes and what happens on the ground is ...
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... situation will undermine even the most deeply held principles, such as the right to give assistance to those in need. For most of the last century the principles were considered self-evident; but in the 1960s the ICRC identified seven ...
... situation will undermine even the most deeply held principles, such as the right to give assistance to those in need. For most of the last century the principles were considered self-evident; but in the 1960s the ICRC identified seven ...
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... situations. This has allowed a superficial optimism to develop. In order to express concern for other people, we have to believe that they are good. In effect, aid agencies have preserved the concept of the 'deserving poor'. The idea is ...
... situations. This has allowed a superficial optimism to develop. In order to express concern for other people, we have to believe that they are good. In effect, aid agencies have preserved the concept of the 'deserving poor'. The idea is ...
المحتوى
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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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