Condemned to Repeat?: Everyday Economies After Socialism

by Fiona Terry

Book Overview

Humanitarian groups have failed, Fiona Terry believes, to face up to the core paradox of their activity: humanitarian action aims to alleviate suffering, but by inadvertently sustaining conflict it potentially prolongs suffering. In Condemned to Repeat?, Terry examines the side-effects of intervention by aid organizations and points out the need to acknowledge the political consequences of the choice to give aid. The author makes the controversial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080148796X
• ISBN13: 9780801487965
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher