Humanitarianism Contested: Where Angels Fear to Tread

by Michael Barnett and Thomas G. Weiss

Book Overview

This book provides a succinct but sophisticated understanding of humanitarianism and insight into the on-going dilemmas and tensions that have accompanied it since its origins in the early nineteenth century. Combining theoretical and historical exposition with a broad range of contemporary case studies, the book:

provides a brief survey of the history of humanitarianism, beginning with the anti-slavery movement in the early nineteenth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415496640
• ISBN13: 9780415496643
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"