The Crisis Caravan
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The Crisis Caravan
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Author : Linda Polman
language : en
Publisher: Picador
Release Date : 2011-08-30
The Crisis Caravan written by Linda Polman and has been published by Picador this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-30 with Political Science categories.
In her controversial, no-holds-barred exposé Linda Polman shows how a vast industry has grown up around humanitarian aid. The Crisis Caravan takes us to war zones around the globe, showing how aid operations and the humanitarian world have become a feature of military strategy. Impassioned, gripping, and even darkly absurd, journalist Linda Polman "gives some powerful examples of unconscionable assistance...a world where aid workers have become enablers of the atrocities they seek to relieve" (The Boston Globe).
War Games
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Author : Linda Polman
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2010-04-19
War Games written by Linda Polman and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-19 with Political Science categories.
From Rwanda to Afghanistan, from Sudan to Iraq, this devastating expose shows how the humanitarian aid industry, the media and warmongers are locked in a cycle of mutual dependency on battlefields around the world. 'Polman shines a light on the multibillion dollar juggernaut that is today's humanitarian aid network. A disturbing account that raises profound questions' Financial Times 'One of the finest reporting journalists of the modern age - Polman is gutsy, intellectually penetrating and far from naive' Evening Standard 'Cool, brusque, fearless. A marvellous account' Guardian
Caravan To The North
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Author : Jorge Argueta
language : en
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
Release Date : 2019-10-01
Caravan To The North written by Jorge Argueta and has been published by Groundwood Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
An urgent and eloquent account of a boy traveling in a caravan from his beloved homeland of El Salvador to the US border. This novel in verse is a powerful first-person account of Misael Martínez, a Salvadoran boy whose family joins the caravan heading north to the United States. We learn all the different reasons why people feel the need to leave — the hope that lies behind their decision, but also the terrible sadness of leaving home. We learn about how far and hard the trip is, but also about the kindness of those along the way. Finally, once the caravan arrives in Tijuana, Misael and those around him are relieved. They think they have arrived at the goal of the trip — to enter the United States. But then tear gas, hateful demonstrations, force and fear descend on these vulnerable people. The border is closed. The book ends with Misael dreaming of El Salvador. This beautiful and timely story is written in simple but poetic verse by Jorge Argueta, the award-winning author of Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds. Award-winning Mexican illustrator Manuel Monroy illuminates Misael’s journey. An author’s note is included, along with a map showing the caravan’s route. Key Text Features author’s note map illustrations Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.3 Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text (e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions).
Puer Tea
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Author : Jinghong Zhang
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2013-12-01
Puer Tea written by Jinghong Zhang and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-01 with History categories.
Puer tea has been grown for centuries in the “Six Great Tea Mountains” of Yunnan Province, and in imperial China it was a prized commodity, traded to Tibet by horse or mule caravan via the so-called Tea Horse Road and presented as tribute to the emperor in Beijing. In the 1990s, as the tea’s noble lineage and unique process of aging and fermentation were rediscovered, it achieved cult status both in China and internationally. The tea became a favorite among urban connoisseurs who analyzed it in language comparable to that used in wine appreciation and paid skyrocketing prices. In 2007, however, local events and the international economic crisis caused the Puer market to collapse. Puer Tea traces the rise, climax, and crash of this phenomenon. With ethnographic attention to the spaces in which Puer tea is harvested, processed, traded, and consumed, anthropologist Jinghong Zhang constructs a vivid account of the transformation of a cottage handicraft into a major industry—with predictable risks and unexpected consequences. Watch the associated videos at https://archive.org/details/PUERTEADVD1.
Complex Emergencies
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Author : David Keen
language : en
Publisher: Polity
Release Date : 2008-01-22
Complex Emergencies written by David Keen and has been published by Polity this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-22 with History categories.
Analysing the abusive systems that surround and produce humanitarian disasters, this text gives particular attention to the economic, political and psychological functions of civil conflicts and humanitarian disasters.
Doing Member Care Well
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Author : Kelly O'Donnell
language : en
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
Release Date : 2002-06-01
Doing Member Care Well written by Kelly O'Donnell and has been published by William Carey Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-06-01 with Religion categories.
This book explores how member care is being practiced around the world to equip sending organizations as they intentionally support their mission/aid personnel. The information provided includes personal accounts, guidelines, case studies, worksheets, and practical advice from all over the globe. “This book delivers what it promises! Here are 50 chapters from the widest selection of writers in the member care field to date.” –Brent Lindquist, President, Link Care Center This book was published in partnership with the World Evangelical Alliance.
Facing The Crisis
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Author : Fulvia D’Aloisio
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2020-09-20
Facing The Crisis written by Fulvia D’Aloisio and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-20 with Social Science categories.
Among the founding nations of the European Union, no nation has experienced a more devastating affect from the 2008 economic crisis than Italy. Although its recovery has recently begun, Italy has fallen even further behind EU economic leaders and the EU average. Looking at how and why this happened, Facing the Crisis brings together ethnographic material from anthropological research projects carried out in various Italian industrial locations. With its wide breadth of locations and industries, the volume looks at all corners of the diverse Italian manufacturing system.
We Did Nothing
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Author : Linda Polman
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2013-09-19
We Did Nothing written by Linda Polman and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-19 with Political Science categories.
Linda Polman's We Did Nothing: Why the truth doesn't always come out with the UN goes in is an eye-opening account of peace-keeping operations across the globe. In recent years our newspapers and televisions have brought us stories of the failure of the UN to keep the peace in the modern world. How often have our journalists, our politicians and charity workers turned around and accused the UN of weakness in the face of violence? During the 1990s Polman visited UN peacekeeping missions in Somalia, Haiti and Rwanda to try to understand how resolutions are made and how the peace is lost. The result is this extraordinary, disturbing and utterly compelling book. We Did Nothing shows what the resolutions mean for the people who must live in these battle fields, and for the UN soldiers who are sent to bring order to the terrifying chaos. 'A small classic of man's inhumanity to man' Sunday Telegraph 'One of the most affecting pieces of writing about man's inhumanity this side of Primo Levi' Guardian 'What Michael Herr's Dispatches was to war in the era of Vietnam, this is to the peace keeping era of the nineties' Evening Standard Linda Polman has been a freelance journalist for Dutch radio, television and newspapers. Since the publication of her book in Holland Polman has lectured to government, military and academic audiences throughout the region. She currently lives in Sierra Leone.
Digital Humanitarians
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Author : Patrick Meier
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2015-01-06
Digital Humanitarians written by Patrick Meier and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-06 with Political Science categories.
The overflow of information generated during disasters can be as paralyzing to humanitarian response as the lack of information. This flash flood of information‘social media, satellite imagery and more is often referred to as Big Data. Making sense of this data deluge during disasters is proving an impossible challenge for traditional humanitarian
Humanitarian Business
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Author : Thomas G. Weiss
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2013-04-24
Humanitarian Business written by Thomas G. Weiss and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-24 with Political Science categories.
With some 50 million people living under duress and threatened by wars and disasters in 2012, the demand for relief worldwide has reached unprecedented levels. Humanitarianism is now a multi-billion dollar enterprise, and aid agencies are obliged to respond to a range of economic forces in order to 'stay in business'. In his customarily hard-hitting analysis, Thomas G. Weiss offers penetrating insights into the complexities and challenges of the contemporary humanitarian marketplace. In addition to changing political and military conditions that generate demand for aid, private suppliers have changed too. Today’s political economy places aid agencies side-by-side with for-profit businesses, including private military and security companies, in a marketplace that also is linked to global trade networks in illicit arms, natural resources, and drugs. This witch’s brew is simmering in the cauldron of wars that are often protracted and always costly to civilians who are the very targets of violence. While belligerents put a price-tag on access to victims, aid agencies pursue branding in a competition for 'scarce' resources relative to the staggering needs. As marketization encroaches on traditional humanitarianism, it seems everything may have a priceÑfrom access and principles, to moral authority and lives.