Humanitarian Business

by Thomas G. Weiss

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074566332X
• ISBN13: 9780745663326
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.2"