Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
My library | Help | Advanced Book Search | Web History | Sign in

Books

Famine Crimes:

Politics & [and] the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa
Front Cover
4 Reviews
African Rights & the International African Institute, 1997 - Political Science - 238 pages
Famine is preventable. The persistence of famine reflects political failings by African governments, western donors and international relief agencies. Can Africa avoid famine? When freedom from famine is a basic right or a political imperative, famine is prevented. Case studies from Ethiopia to Botswana demonstrate African successes - but they are often not acknowledged or repeated. Who is responsible for the failures? African generals and politicians are the prime culprits for creating famines in Sudan, Somalia and Zaire, but western donors abet their authoritarianism, partly through imposing structural adjustment programmes. What is the role of International relief agencies? Despite prodigious expenditure and high public profile, relief agencies often do more harm than good. From Biafra to Rwanda, relief has helped to fuel war and undermine democratic accountability. As the influence and resources of UN agencies and NGOs have grown, the chances for effective local solutions have diminished. What is the way forward? Humanitarian intervention and other high-profile relief operations have failed. Progress lies in bringing the fight against famine into democratic politics, and calling to account those guilty of creating famine.

What people are saying - Write a review

Review: Famine Crimes: Politics and the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa

User Review  - Amanda - Goodreads

Interesting look at humanitarian action in famine zones. He was often critical of humanitarian motives and operations but definitely had some valid advice. A good range of examples provided that help ... Read full review

Review: Famine Crimes: Politics and the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa

User Review  - A - Goodreads

This is one of the best books to give background on different conflicts in African countries and the effect of the ICC and international involvement has in the region Read full review

Related books

Other editions - View all

References to this book

From other books

Restorative Justice & Responsive Regulation
Greed and Grievance: Economic Agendas in Civil Wars
All Book Search results »

References from web pages

JSTOR: Famine Crimes in International Law
Alex de Waal, in his caustically insightful study Famine Crimes: Politics and the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa, begins with the following observation: ...
links.jstor.org/ sici?sici=0002-9300(200304)97%3A2%3C245%3AFCIIL%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z

H425
De Waal, Alex, Famine Crimes: Politics and the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa. (Indiana University Press,1998) One of the best critiques of humanitarian ...
www.iupui.edu/ ~histwhs/ H425.dir/ H425syl.html

W , G , R
W. AR. , G. LOBALIZATION. ,. AND. R. EPRODUCTION. by Silvia Federici. First came the foreign bankers eager to lend at extortionate rates; then the ...
www.blackwell-synergy.com/ doi/ abs/ 10.1111/ 0149-0508.00148

THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, WAR CRIMES, AND HUMANITARIAN ...
Famine Crimes: Politics and the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa. Oxford: Currey. Dugard J. 1998. Bridging the gap between human rights and humanitarian ...
arjournals.annualreviews.org/ doi/ abs/ 10.1146/ annurev.soc.32.061604.123125

THE NEW AFRICAN INITIATIVE: PEACE, JUSTICE AND REPARATIONS OR THE ...
(Boulder, Westview Press, 1995). 36. Alex De Waal, Famine Crimes: Politics and the Disaster relief Industry in Africa, James Currey, London 1997. ...
www.worldsummit2002.org/ texts/ HoraceCampbell.pdf

Sociology Advance Course Information-Fall2001
Famine Crimes: Politics and the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa. Indian University Press, James Currey. Eisinger, pk (1998). Toward an End to Hunger in ...
reg.ucsc.edu/ soc/ aci/ fall2001/ socy.html

Humanitarian Agendas, State Reconstruction and
[1] Alex de Waal, Famine Crimes: Politics and the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa, London, African Rights and the International African Institute with ...
www.jha.ac/ articles/ u024.htm

Horizon Information Portal
Search:. General Keyword, Title and Notes Keyword, Title Alphabetical, Author Keyword, Author Alphabetical, Subject Keyword, Subject Alphabetical ...
usawc.ipac.dynixasp.com/ ipac20/ ipac.jsp?aspect=subtab35& index=.PB& ipp=20& menu=home& npp=100& profile=awc& ri=& spp=20& te...

takingitglobal - 会员- 书- Famine Crimes: Politics & the Disaster ...
bullet Discussions about this book. No discussions have been started about this book. You must add the book to your read list to start a new thread about it ...
chs.takingitglobal.org/ members/ book.html?ISBN=0253211581

International Conflict Resolution After the Cold War
... and Alexander de Waal, Famine Crimes: Politics and the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998). ...
www.nap.edu/ openbook.php?record_id=9897& page=383

Bibliographic information