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Everybody's war : the politics of aid in the Syria crisis / edited by Jehan Bseiso, Michiel Hofman and Jonathan Whittall.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Humanitarian assistance--Syria.
- Humanitarian assistance.
- Humanitarian assistance--Political aspects--Syria.
- Syria.
- Médecins sans frontières (Association).
- Medical Subjects:
- Syria.
- Médecins sans frontières (Association).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- The Syrian crisis is one of the most serious humanitarian disasters in recent history. Yet the widely reported numbers - more than 6 million displaced, including 5 million refugees - reflect only a fractional toll of the conflict. Numerous international organisations, states, and civil society movements have called for the laws of war to be respected, sieges lifted, and humanitarian access facilitated. But beneath each of these humanitarian appeals lies a complicated reality extending beyond the binary narratives that have come to define the war in Syria. This book examines the complexities of humanitarianism in Syria and the wide-ranging consequences for both Syria's populations and humanitarian responses to future conflicts.
- Contents:
- Contested Statehood : The Politics of Health Care in Syria
- Health System Fragmentation and the Syrian Conflict
- The Moral Norm, the Law, and the Limits of Protection for Wartime Medical Units
- When Perceptions and Aspirations Clash : Humanitarianism in Syria's Neighboring States
- The Business of Conflict : Humanitarian Assistance and the War Economy in Syria
- Endless Siege : The Chain of Complicity in Syrian Suffering
- Information Warfare and the Role of Global Humanitarians
- Naming and Shaming the Bombers.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-751467-7
- 0-19-751466-9
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