International Intervention in the Balkans since 1995
International Intervention in the Balkans since 1995

Author: Peter Siani-Davies

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-03-01

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1134427808

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This volume offers an analysis of the activities of the international community in the Balkans since the 1995 Dayton Agreement. There has been substantial investment in the region but so far the gains have been limited and doubts remain as to the extent that sustainable security has been enhanced. There is a need for serious reassessment of policies and priorities, but this depends on a careful analysis of past successes and failures. The contributors seek to provide this by examining intervention, not just in terms of military action and the activities of major international agencies at state level, but also the activities of outside NGOs within the local environment.

Beyond Suffering and Reparation
Beyond Suffering and Reparation

Author: Timothy James Bowyer

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-11-01

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 3319989839

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This book presents the key issues, debates, concepts, approaches, and questions that together define the lives of rural people living in extreme poverty in the aftermath of political violence in a developing country context. Divided into nine chapters, the book addresses issues such as the complexities of human suffering, losing trust, psychic wounds, dealing with post-traumatic stress situations, and disillusionment after change. By building knowledge about human and social suffering in a post-conflict environment, the book counters the objectification of human and social suffering and the moral detachment with which it is associated. In addition, it presents practical ways to help make things better. It discusses new methodological concepts based around empathy and participation to show how the subjective reality of human and social suffering matter. Finally, the book maps a burgeoning field of enquiry based around the need for linking psychosocial approaches with the actual lived experience of individuals and groups.

The Selfish Altruist
The Selfish Altruist

Author: Tony Vaux

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-06-17

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1136546847

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Provides an analysis of some of the most traumatic situations involving famine and war of the last two decades, helping us to understand what it takes to be an aid worker and how important humanitarian action is today. Famine and war evoke strong emotional reactions, and for most people there is a limited amount they can do. But the relief worker has to convert emotional responses into practical action and difficult choices - whom to help and how. Their own feelings have to motivate action for others. But can they separate out their own selfish feelings and prejudices in such an emotive climate? How do they avoid being partial among those they are helping? Are they motivated by altruistic concern, or the power they experience or the attention they receive? Tony Vaux brings over 20 years experience as one of Oxfam's leading emergency managers to the exploration of the conflicts between subjective impulses and objective judgements and the dilemmas relief workers contend with.

The Political Psychology of War Rape
The Political Psychology of War Rape

Author: Inger Skjelsbæk

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-02-13

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1136620915

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This book provides a conceptual framework for understanding war rape and its impact, through empirical examination of the case of Bosnia. Providing a contextual understanding of sexual violence in war, and situating Bosnian war rape in relation to subsequent conflicts, the book offers a methodological outline of how sexual violence in war can be studied from a political-psychological perspective. It presents empirical findings from the field that show what war rape can entail in the aftermath of armed conflict for victims and their communities. Through its comprehensive approach to Bosnian experiences, the volume expands the conceptualization of victimhood and challenges the assumption that sexual violence is a particularly difficult theme to study because of victim silence. Rather, the author demonstrates there are many voices that can provide insight and understandings of war rape and its impact without having to compromise the safety and privacy of individual victims. Finally, the book shows the ways in which individual experiences of war rape are shaped by national and international discourses on gender, sexuality and politics. This book will be of interest to students of political psychology, war and conflict studies, European politics, ethnic conflict, politics and IR in general.

Evaluation of ACOPAM
Evaluation of ACOPAM

Author: Anne Mossige

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13:

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Describes activities within the ACOPAM programme aimed at enhancing the organizational capacities and economic activities of grassroots organizations in the Sahel region. Focuses on cereal banks, small-scale irrigation, gender and microfinance, land management and cotton marketing.