Disaster and Development: the Politics of Humanitarian Aid

Middleton, Neil, O'Keefe, Phil

ISBN 10: 0745312241 / ISBN 13: 9780745312248

Published by Pluto Press, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Disaster and Development: the Politics of Humanitarian Aid
• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745312241
• ISBN 13: 9780745312248
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 0.63 pounds

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Synopsis

In this compelling and controversial study, Neil Middleton and Phil O'Keefe examine the links between disasters, aid, development and relief - in the context of globalisation, the 'free market' ideology of the industrialised nations, the rapacity of financial short termism and the rise of new forms of colonialism - and argue that the profoundly political dimensions of humanitarian aid and disaster relief are being ignored. To illustrate this, the authors draw on case studies from Somalia, Kenya, Sudan, Mozambique, Rwanda, Afghanistan and Azerbaijan.

About the Author

Neil Middleton is a publisher and an author. His books include The Language of Christian Revolution, The Best of I F Stone's Weekly and (also with Phil O'Keefe) Tears of the Crocodile. He has written numerous articles on the politics of development and is the associate editor for the Irish Times annual Development Supplement. Phil O'Keefe is the director of ETC, a UK based consultancy for development programmes, and Reader in Environmental Management at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle. He has written widely on issues relating to the politics of 'development' and aid.