Traditions, Values, and Humanitarian Action / / Kevin M. Cahill.

This third volume in the pioneering series, International Humanitarian Affairs, goes beyond the practical to address fundamental questions at the heart of humanitarian actions. How do different religious, cultural, and social systems—and the values they support—shape humanitarian action? What are th...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2022]
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Rok wydania:2022
Język:English
Seria:International Humanitarian Affairs
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Spis treści:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • A MESSAGE FROM THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL
  • INTRODUCTION
  • FOUNDATIONS
  • Part 1
  • 1 Christianity and Humanitarian Action
  • 2 For the Sake of My Kin and Friends: Traditions, Values, and Humanitarian Action in Judaism
  • 3 Strategies for Disagreement
  • 4 The World of the Dinka: A Portrait of a Threatened Culture
  • Part 2
  • 5 Military Values and Traditions
  • 6 The Academy and Humanitarian Action
  • 7 Is Any News Good News?
  • 8 Human Rights and the Making of a Good Doctor
  • Part 3
  • 9 Immigration in Europe: Promise or Peril?
  • FAULT LINES
  • Part 4
  • 10 Torture
  • 11 Terrorism: The Concept
  • 12 Terrorism: Theory and Reality
  • 13 Gender Exploitation
  • Part 5
  • 14 Balancing National Security and Civil Liberties
  • 15 Disregarding the Geneva Conventions on the Protection of War Victims
  • 16 Media: Prism or Mirror
  • 17 International Migration: At the Boiling Point
  • CORRECTIONS
  • Part 6
  • 18 Government Responses to Fault Lines
  • 19 Reviving Global Civil Society After September 11
  • APPENDIX
  • CHAPTER NOTES AND REFERENCES
  • THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AND COOPERATION AND THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS
  • ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  • INDEX