These texts are available
through the Storrs UConn Co-Op. Please visit our page on buying books for more information.
Primary Course Texts
Natsios, A.S. (1997). The Washington
papers: U.S. foreign policy and the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers and Washington, D.C.: The Center for
Strategic and International Studies.
Aall, P., Miltenberger, Lt.Col. D.,
& Weiss, T.G. (2000). Guide to IGOs, NGOs, and the military in peace
and relief operations. Washington D.C.: United States Institute of Peace
Press. [This text is NOT available at the UConn Co-Op.]
The following primary course texts are available for free online:
The Sphere Project. (2000). Humanitarian
charter and minimum standards in disaster response. Retrieved July 25, 2005 from http://www.sphereproject.org/handbook/
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Handbook for emergencies (2nd ed.). Retrieved July 25, 2005 from from http://www.unhcr.ch/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.pdf?tbl=RSDLEGAL&id=3bfbb6cb4
USAID. Field operations guide for disaster assessment and response. Retrieved July 25, 2005 from http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/disaster_assistance/resources/pdf/fog_v3.pdf
Supplementary Materials
The learning activities in this course
include extensive reading assignments, online interactive discussions, and
viewing videotapes. Some of the necessary material will reside on CD ROMs
and some will be duplicated as hardcopy. These materials will be sent to
each student before the start of the course.
Supplementary Reading
Books:
Moore, J. (1998). Hard choices.
Moral dilemmas in humanitarian intervention. Rowan and Littlefield.
Cahill, K. M. (1999). A framework
for survival. Health, human rights and humanitarian assistance in conflicts
and disasters. Routledge.
Seiple, C. (1996). The U.S. military/NGO
relationship in humanitarian interventions. Peacekeeping Institute, US
Army War College.
Ramsbotham, O., & Woodhouse,
T. (1996). Humanitarian intervention in contemporary conflict. Polity
Press.
Maynard, K. (1999). Healing communities
in conflict. International assistance in complex emergencies. Columbia
University Press.
US Agency for International Development.
(1994). Field operations guide, Version 2.0. USAID.
Roberts, D. L. (1999). Staying
alive. ICRC.
Dunne, T., & Wheeler, N. J. (Ed.).
(1999). Human rights in global politics. Cambridge University Press.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
(1982). UNHCR handbook for emergencies. UN Documents.
Weiss, T. G., & Gordenker, L.
(Ed.). (1996). NGOs, the UN, and global governance. Lynne Rienner
Publishers.
Journals:
Dugan, J., Fowler, C. J., &
Bolton, P. A. (2000, August). Assessing the opportunity for sexual violence
against women and children in refugee camps. Journal of Humanitarian
Assistance. Retrieved May 23, 2002, from http: www.jha.ac/
Scholdan, B. (2000, July). Addressing
the root causes: Relief and development assistance between peacebuilding
and preventing refugee flows. Journal of Humanitarian Assistance.
Retrieved May 23, 2002, from http://www.jha.ac/
Porter, T. (2000, June). The partiality
of humanitarian assistance – Kosovo in comparative perspective. Journal
of Humanitarian Assistance. Retrieved May 23, 2002, from http://www.jha.ac/
Greenaway, S. (2000, June). Post-modern
conflict and humanitarian action: Questioning the paradigm. Journal of
Humanitarian Assistance. Retrieved May 23, 2002, from http://www.jha.ac/
Buckland, J. (1999, August). From
relief and development to assisted self-reliance: Non-governmental organizations
in Bangladesh. Journal of Humanitarian Assistance. Retrieved May
23, 2002, from http://www.jha.ac/
Medicins du Monde, & Trintignac,
F. (Ed.). (1999, May). A case by case analysis of recent crises: Assessing
20 years of humanitarian action. Journal of Humanitarian Assistance.
Retrieved May 23, 2002, from http://www.jha.ac/
Pugh, M. (1998, December). Post-conflict
rehabilitation: social and civil dimensions. Journal of Humanitarian
Assistance. Retrieved May 23, 2002, from http:// www.jha.ac/
Minear, L., & Weiss, T. G. (Ed.).
(2000). Occasional Paper #39, Humanitarian action: A transatlantic agenda
of operations and research. Humanitarianism & War Project. Retrieved
May 23, 2002 from http:// www.stg.brown.edu/projects/hw/publications/abstracts/op39.html
Lubkemann, S., Minear, L., &
Weiss, T. (2000) Occasional Paper #37: Humanitarian action: Social science
connections. Humanitarianism & War Project. Retrieved May 23,
2002, from http:// www.stg.brown.edu/projects/hw/publications/abstracts/op37.html
United Nations, After Action Reports
on the Fall of Srebrenica, the Rwanda Genocide, and the Secretary-Generals
Panel Report on UN Peace Operations, www.un.org.
Natsios, A. (1995, Spring). The
international humanitarian response system. Parameters.
Natsios, A. (1996, Summer). Commander’s
guidance: A challenge of complex humanitarian emergencies. Parameters.
InterAction. (2000). InterAction
PVO standards. Retrieved May 23, 2002, from www.interaction.org
UN General Assembly. (1948, December).
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Retrieved May 23, 2002, from www.un.org/Overview/rights.html
Boutros Boutros-Ghali. (1992, January).
An agenda for peace: Preventive diplomacy, peacemaking and peace-keeping.
United Nations. Retrieved May 23, 2002 from www.un.org/Docs/SG/agpeace.html
The United Nations. (1994). A strategy
for the United Nations development system in Indonesia. Retrieved May 23,
2002, from www.un.org
