These texts are available through the Storrs UConn Co-Op, a local bookstore, or through an online bookstore. Please visit our page on buying books for more information.
Primary Course Texts
James, E. (2008). Managing Humanitarian Relief. Warwickshire, UK: Practical Action Press.
Keen, A. (2008) Complex Emergencies. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.
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.
An additiional text may be required. Further information will be posted when it becomes available.
The following primary course texts are available for free online:
The Sphere Project. (2004 Revised Edition). Humanitarian charter and minimum standards in disaster response. Retrieved July 25, 2005 from http://www.sphereproject.org/content/view/27/84/lang,English/
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Handbook for emergencies (3rd ed.). Retrieved June 1, 2009 from from http://www.unhcr.org/publ/PUBL/471db4c92.html
USAID. Field operations guide for disaster assessment and response. Retrieved June 1, 2009 from http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/disaster_assistance/resources/pdf/fog_v4.pdf
Supplementary Materials
The learning activities in this course include extensive reading assignments, online interactive discussions, and viewing videotapes.
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
