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Introductory literature:

Anthropology

Anderson, Mary B. 1999. Do no Harm. How Aid can Support Peace – or War. Boulder, London: Lynne Rienner Publishers.

Harrell-Bond, Barbara 2002. “Can Humanitarian Work with Refugees be Humane?” Human Rights Quaterly Vol 24/2002: pp. 51-85. http://www.gmu.edu/depts/icar/ICC/Humanitarian.pdf

Henry, Doug 2005. “Anthropological Contributions to the Study of Disasters“, in: D. McEntire and W. Blanchard (eds.): Disciplines, Disasters and Emergency Management: The Convergence and Divergence of Concepts, Issues and Trends From the Research Literature. Emittsburg, Maryland: Federal Emergency Management Agency. 30 pages. http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu/docs/EMT/Anthropology%20and%20Disasters.doc

Lewellen, Ted C. 2002. “Refugees: The Anthropology of Forced Migration”. In: Lewellen, Ted C.: The Anthropology of Globalization. Cultural Anthropology Enters the 21st Century. Westport: Bergin & Garvey, Chapter 9: pp. 171-184.

Malkki, Liisa H. 1995. “Refugees and Exile: From „Refugee Studies“ to the National Order of Things”. Annual Review of Anthropology, 24: pp. 495-523.

Minn, Pierre 2007. Toward an Anthropology of Humanitarism. Journal of Humanitarian Assistance.
http://jha.ac/2007/08/06/toward-an-anthropology-of-humanitarianism/

Otterbein, Keith F. 2000. “A History of Research on Warfare in Anthropology”. American Anthropologist 101,4: pp. 794-805.

Peoples, James & Garrick Bailey 2003. Humanity. An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. Sixth Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.

Podolefsky, Aaron & Brown, Peter J. (eds.). Applying Cultural Anthropology: An Introductory Reader (4th edition), Mountain View, Cal.: Mayfield Publishing Comp.

Voutira, Eftihia et.al. 1999. NOHA Blue Book: Anthropology in Humanitarian Assistance, 2nd ed.

 

Geopolitics

Le Monde Diplomatique (Hrsg.) (2007): Atlas der Globalisierung. Berlin: taz Verlags- und Vertriebs GmbH, Berlin.
Donini, Antonio, Minear, Larry et al. 2006: Humanitarian Agenda 2015: Principles, Power, and Perceptions. Preliminary Report. Feinstein International Center, Tufts University. – http://fic.tufts.edu/?pid=15 – Accessed April 19, 2007

Katoch, A. (2006): The responder’s cauldron: the uniqueness of international disaster response. In: Journal of International Affairs 59, No. 2, pp.156-172

Sen, Amartya (2006): Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny. Norton (A very well informed and understanding though harsh answer to Samuel Huntingtons theses. Reading is an absolute must).

 

Law

Buergenthal, T. & Murphy, S.D. (2002): Law In A Nutshell: Public International Law, West Group, 388 pp.

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (2003): International Disaster Response Laws, Principles and Practice: Reflections, Prospects and Challenges, 164 pp.

Kalshoven, F. & Zegveld, L. (2001): Constraints on the Waging of War: An Introduction to International Humanitarian Law, International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, 223 pp.

Nowak, M. (2004): Introduction to the International Human Rights Regime, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague, 366 pp.

De Schutter, O. (2010): International Human Rights Law, Cambridge, 967 p.

 

Management

Required literature:

Dijkzeul, D., Beigbeder, Y. (Eds.) (2003): Rethinking International Organizations: Pathologies and Promise, Berghahn Books, Oxford/New York.

Yanacopulos, Helen, Hanlon, J. (Eds.) (2005): Civil War, Civil Peace, James Currey, Oxford, Ohio University Press, Open University UK, Milton Keynes.

de Waal, A. (1997) Famine Crimes: Politics & The Disaster Relief Industry in Africa, African Rights & The International African Institute in association with James Currey, Oxford, and Indiana University Press, Bloomington.

SPHERE Project, (2004): Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, The SPHERE Project, Geneva.

Walker, P., Maxwell, D. (2009): Shaping the Humanitarian World. Global Institutions, Routledge, New York

Recommended literature:

Anderson, M.B. (1999): Do No Harm: How Aid Can Support Peace Or War, Lynne Riener Publishers, Boulder. (This book will be used during the second semester).

Moore, J. (ed.) (1998): Hard Choices: Moral Dilemmas in Humanitarian Intervention, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Lanham.

Reno, W. (1998): Warlord Politics and African States, Lynne Riener Publishers, Boulder/London.

Rieff, D. (2002): A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis, Simon and Schuster, New York.

Terry F. (2002): Condemned to Repeat: The Paradox of Humanitarian Action, Cornell University Press, Ithaca and London

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