Humanitarianism in the Modern World - The Moral Economy of Famine Relief (Paperback)

This is an innovative new history of famine relief and humanitarianism. The authors apply a moral economy approach to shed new light on the forces and ideas that motivated and shaped humanitarian aid during the Great Irish Famine, the famine of 1921-1922 in Soviet Russia and the Ukraine, and the 1980s Ethiopian famine. They place these episodes within a distinctive periodisation of humanitarianism which emphasises the correlations with politico-economic regimes: the time of elitist laissez-faire liberalism in the nineteenth century as one of ad hoc humanitarianism; that of Taylorism and mass society from c.1900-1970 as one of organised humanitarianism; and the blend of individualised post-material lifestyles and neoliberal public management since 1970 as one of expressive humanitarianism. The book as a whole shifts the focus of the history of humanitarianism from the imperatives of crisis management to the pragmatic mechanisms of fundraising, relief efforts on the ground, and finance. This book is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2022
Authors:	Norbert Goetz • Georgina Brewis • Steffen Werther
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	369
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-73737-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International humanitarian law Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Social impact of disasters > Famine Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > General
LSN:	1-108-73737-4
Barcode:	9781108737371

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