Overview
- Covers the emerging powers and regional actors in humanitarian affairs in Asia-Pacific
- Brings together scholars from across Asia-Pacific on the increasingly complex and crucial field of humanitarian affairs in the region
- Challenges the dominant narratives of humanitarian action with the real-world humanitarian experience in Asia-Pacific
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Political Science (BRIEFSPOLITICAL)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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About this book
This collection offers insights of the international humanitarian system, considering what constitutes humanitarianism in Asia-Pacific, and how it shapes policy and practice in the region and globally. It adds to the conversation on reforming the global humanitarian system by providing the space to share perspectives on humanitarian action from our place in the world. The authors answer these questions by focusing on a range of issues from national to sectoral perspectives to relations between ‘traditional’ and ‘emerging’ players, concluding that the dynamics of the humanitarian system from the perspectives of the Asia-Pacific are rooted in their localized experiences and built outwards. The first significant trend is that understandings of humanitarianism in the Asia-Pacific are primarily shaped by the experience of disasters at home. Second, national governments play a dominant role in humanitarian affairs in the region. Finally, the humanitarian landscape in the Asia-Pacific constitutes a diverse yet under-appreciated set of actors. This book is based on the RSIS Conference on Asia and the Humanitarian World held in 2019 in Singapore. It is relevant to students, scholars, practitioners and policymakers with an interest in humanitarian assistance, disaster management, strategic studies and international relations in Asia-Pacific.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr Lina Gong is a Research Fellow in the HADR Programme, at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies (NTS Centre), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Lina holds a B.A. in English Language and Literature and an M.A. in Interpreting and Translation from Sichuan University, China. She received her Ph.D. from RSIS, NTU, with a thesis is on China’s engagement with UN peacekeeping. Her research interests include non-traditional security studies in East Asia, China and global governance, peace and conflict, and the marine environment. She has published several journal articles and book chapters on non-traditional security issues in Asia as well as China’s engagement with UN peace efforts.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Humanitarianism in the Asia-Pacific
Book Subtitle: Engaging the Debate in Policy and Practice
Editors: Alistair D. B. Cook, Lina Gong
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Political Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4874-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-33-4873-8Published: 13 March 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-33-4874-5Published: 12 March 2021
Series ISSN: 2191-5466
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5474
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 95
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Development Studies, Asian Politics, Regionalism, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, International Security Studies