Mean Times: Humanitarian Action in Complex Political Emergencies - Stark Choices, Cruel Dilemmas

ISBN-10
0772768005
ISBN-13
9780772768001
Category
Humanitarian assistance
Pages
45
Language
English
Published
1999
Authors
Janice Gross Stein, Bruce D. Jones, Michael Bryans

Description

From the early 1990s, humanitarian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have with increasing frequency been working in distinctly hostile envrionments.

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