Disaster diplomacy : how disasters affect peace and conflict / Ilan Kelman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelman, Ilan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disaster relief.

Emergency management.

Humanitarian assistance.

Conflict management.

Political violence--Prevention.

Political violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When an earthquake hits a war zone or cyclone aid is flown in by an enemy, many ask: Can catastrophe bring peace? Disaster prevention and mitigation provide similar questions. Could setting up a flood warning system bring enemy countries together? Could a regional earthquake building code set the groundwork for wider regional cooperation?This book examines how and why disaster-related activities do and do not create peace and reduce conflict. Disaster-related activities refer to actions before a disaster such as prevention and mitigation along with actions after a disaster such as e

Contents:

Front Cover; Disaster Diplomacy; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables; 1. The origins of disaster diplomacy; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 A brief history of disaster diplomacy; 2. Moving forward with disaster diplomacy; 2.1 What this volume offers; 2.2 What this volume does not offer; 2.3 The structure of this volume; 3. Hypotheses and research questions; 3.1 Definitions of disaster diplomacy; 3.2 Hypothesis: catalysis, not creation; 3.3 Questions for disaster diplomacy; 4. Empirical evidence: Case studies; 4.1 Organising case studies; 4.2 Iran-USA from 1990 onwards

4.3 The Philippines from 1990 onwards4.4 Southern Africa 1991-93; 4.5 North Korea from 1995 onwards; 4.6 Cuba-USA from 1998 onwards; 4.7 Greece-Turkey from 1999 onwards; 4.8 Eritrea-Ethiopia 2000-02; 4.9 India-Pakistan in 2001 and 2005; 4.10 26 December 2004 tsunamis: Sri Lanka and Aceh; 4.11 26 December 2004 tsunamis: other locations; 4.12 Hurricane Katrina in 2005; 4.13 Two May 2008 disasters; 4.14 Island evacuation due to sea-level rise; 4.15 Disaster-casualty identification; 4.16 International vaccination programmes; 4.17 Summing up the case studies

5. Analyses and typologies for disaster diplomacy5.1 Quantitative analyses; 5.2 Qualitative typologies; 5.3 No predictive model; 5.4 Summarising the typologies; 6. Explaining disaster diplomacy's successes; 6.1 Success pathways; 6.2 Further success: tit-for-tat; 6.3 Further success: mirror disaster diplomacy; 7. Explaining disaster diplomacy's failures; 7.1 Failure pathways; 7.2 Further failure: inverse disaster diplomacy; 7.3 Further failure: disaster-related activities exacerbating conflict; 8. Spin-offs; 8.1 Environmental diplomacy; 8.2 Para-diplomacy and beyond; 9. Limitations; 9.1 Ethics

9.2 Confounding factors9.3 Bias; 10. Principal lessons for application; 10.1 Be ready for assistance offers from enemies; 10.2 All diplomacy tracks can be useful; 10.3 Disaster diplomacy operates at many levels; 10.4 Lessons should be implemented, not forgotten; 11. Filling in the gaps; 11.1 Can the limitations be overcome?; 11.2 Why further study disaster diplomacy?; 11.3 Main gaps to be overcome; 12. The future of disaster diplomacy; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-65372-4

1-283-44180-2

9786613441805

0-203-80621-2

1-136-65373-2

9780203806210

OCLC:

798532055