The Politics of Protection: The Limits of Humanitarian Action

by Elizabeth G. Ferris

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For the past decade, humanitarian actors have increasingly sought not only to assist people affected by conflicts and natural disasters, but also to protect them. At the same time, protection of civilians has become central to UN peacekeeping operations, and the UN General Assembly has endorsed the principle that the international community has the ""responsibility to protect"" people when their governments cannot or will not do so. Elizabeth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815721374
• ISBN13: 9780815721376
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 9.5"