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- Draws on a substantial empirical evidence base amassed from a long-running applied research program
- Includes a pragmatic overview and analysis, derived from the author’s field and applied research experience as an expert consultant to the humanitarian sector
- Merges the important but abstract concepts of humanitarian principles, values and ethics with concrete examples and the use (and strong defense) of data evidence
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“A deeply practical and very readable book. Stoddard explains why humanitarian aid workers are attacked and abducted, and how the whole aid system needs to change to reduce aid worker risk and increase effective coverage of people’s needs in armed conflict. An important text for every humanitarian who wants to do a better job.” (Hugo Slim, Head of Policy for the International Committee of the Red Cross, author of Humanitarian Ethics: A Guide to the Morality of Aid in War and Disaster)
“Abby Stoddard’s Necessary Risks offers two critical contributions to the theory and practice of humanitarianism. The first is the careful, evidence-based analysis of the growing risks to the security and safety of aid workers. The second is a consideration of how aid agencies have responded in ways that have decreased or increased the risks—and to whom.” (Michael Barnett, Professor of International Affairs and Political Science, George Washington University, USA, author of Humanitarianism in Question: Politics, Power, Ethics)
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Book Title: Necessary Risks
Book Subtitle: Professional Humanitarianism and Violence against Aid Workers
Authors: Abby Stoddard
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26411-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-26410-9Published: 03 January 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-26413-0Published: 26 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-26411-6Published: 02 January 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 175
Number of Illustrations: 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Security Studies, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, International Organization, Human Rights