International Humanitarian NGOs and State Relations

Name: International Humanitarian NGOs and State Relations
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

International Humanitarian NGOs and State RelationsPolitics, Principles and Identity\nAuthor(s): Andrew J. Cunningham\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138049147, 978-1138049147\nSynopsis\nInternational Humanitarian NGOs and State Relations: Politics, Principles and Identity examines the often discordant relationship between states and international non-governmental organisations working in the humanitarian sector. INGOs aiming to provide assistance to populations su?ering from the consequences of con?icts and other human-made disasters work in the midst of very politically sensitive local dynamics. The involvement of these non-political international actors can be seen as a threat to states that see civil war as a state of exception where it is the governments prerogative to act outside normal legal or moral boundaries. Drawing on ?rst-hand experience of humanitarian operations in contexts of civil war, this book.