The Politics and Policies of Relief, Aid and Reconstruction

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Fulvio Attinà

      Pages 1-18

3. Theories and Approaches

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. Disaster and Emergency Policies at the International and Global System Levels

      • Fulvio Attinà

      Pages 21-41

   3. Conceptualizing and Confronting Disasters: A Panorama of Social Science Research and International Policies

      • Sandrine Revet

      Pages 42-56

   4. Theoretical Departures to Disasters and Emergencies

      • Mika Aaltola

      Pages 57-75

   5. The Nexus between Security, Development and Humanitarianism: A Critical Appraisal of Multi-dimensional Peace Missions

      • Maria Raquel Freire, Paula Duarte Lopes, Daniela Nascimento

      Pages 76-92

   6. Risk Societies in World Politics: Overcoming Disasters Together

      • Nora Vanaga

      Pages 93-109

4. Case Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111

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   2. Catastrophe and Containment: A Critical Analysis of the US Response to the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti

      • Annica Moore

      Pages 113-132

   3. United Nations–European Union Cooperation in Aid, Relief and Reconstruction — The Haiti Case

      • Claudia Morsut, Maite J. Iturre

      Pages 133-150

   4. The Politics of Catastrophe: Coping with ‘Humanitarianism’ in Post-tsunami Sri Lanka

      • Mara Benadusi

      Pages 151-172

   5. The UN and Genocide: A Comparative Analysis of Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia

      • Sabrina Stein

      Pages 173-190

   6. Humanitarian NGOs in Peace Building and Reconstruction Operations

      • Daniela Irrera

      Pages 191-210

   7. ‘TragiCIMICal’: An Attempt at Civil and Military Cooperation in Lebanon

      • Rosario F. Sapienza

      Pages 211-235

5. Concluding Remarks

   1. Concluding Remarks

      • Fulvio Attinà

      Pages 236-239

6. Back Matter

   Pages 240-265

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Disaster policies present a new challenge to the practitioners and students of global politics; this book explains how political science enriches the contribution of the social sciences to the study of disaster relief, aid and reconstruction following the major disaster events, both natural and man-made, of recent times.

• Earthquake
• Europe
• political science
• Tsunami

• University of Catania, Italy

  Fulvio Attinà

MIKA AALTOLA Programme Director of the 'Global Security' research programme at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland MARA BENADUSI Anthropologist, researcher and lecturer at the University of Catania in the Faculty of Political Sciences, Italy PAULA DUARTE LOPES Assistant Professor of International Relations at the School of Economics and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal MARIA RAQUEL FREIRE Assistant Professor of International Relations at the School of Economics and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies University of Coimbra, Portugal DANIELA IRRERA Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Catania, Italy MAITE J. ITURRE Lecturer at the Administration and Political Sciences Department of the University of the Basque Country, Spain ANNICA MOORE Researcher in International Relations at the University of Lapland, Finland and Senior Advisor at the Finnish University Partnership for International Development, Finland CLAUDIA MORSUT Research Scientist at the International Research Institute of Stavanger and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Education at the University of Stavanger, Norway DANIELA NASCIMENTO Assistant Professor of International Relations at the School of Economics and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal SANDRINE REVET Anthropologist and research fellow at the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales in Paris, France ROSARIO SAPIENZA Anthropologist with more than 15 years of experience in the field of social sciences SABRINA STEIN Graduate student at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, USA NORA VANAGA Doctoral student at the University of Latvia, Latvia

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