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Humanitarianism

    The best books on Refugees, recommended by David Miliband

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    The best books on Refugees - Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 by Madeleine Albright

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    Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948
    by Madeleine Albright

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    The best books on Refugees - City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp by Ben Rawlence

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    City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp
    by Ben Rawlence

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    The best books on Refugees - The New Threat from Islamic Militancy by Jason Burke

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    The New Threat from Islamic Militancy
    by Jason Burke

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    The best books on Refugees - Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence by Jonathan Sacks

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    Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence
    by Jonathan Sacks

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    The best books on Refugees - Little Bee: A Novel by Chris Cleave

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    Little Bee: A Novel
    by Chris Cleave

  • The best books on Refugees - Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 by Madeleine Albright
  • The best books on Refugees - City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp by Ben Rawlence
  • The best books on Refugees - The New Threat from Islamic Militancy by Jason Burke
  • The best books on Refugees - Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence by Jonathan Sacks
  • The best books on Refugees - Little Bee: A Novel by Chris Cleave

The best books on Refugees, recommended by David Miliband

One out of every 122 people in the world today is displaced by conflict. David Miliband, president of the IRC, chooses five books to help us think constructively about refugees and the causes of the current crisis.

The best books on Refugees, recommended by David Miliband

    Books on the Refugee Experience, recommended by Shahram Khosravi

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    Books on the Refugee Experience - The Suffering of the Immigrant by Abdelmalek Sayad

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    The Suffering of the Immigrant
    by Abdelmalek Sayad

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    Books on the Refugee Experience - The Rights of Others by Seyla Benhabib

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    The Rights of Others
    by Seyla Benhabib

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    Books on the Refugee Experience - Lost in Translation by Eva Hoffman

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    Lost in Translation
    by Eva Hoffman

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    Books on the Refugee Experience - Servants of Globalization by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas

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    Servants of Globalization
    by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas

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    Books on the Refugee Experience - On the Margins of the World by Michel Agier

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    On the Margins of the World
    by Michel Agier

  • Books on the Refugee Experience - The Suffering of the Immigrant by Abdelmalek Sayad
  • Books on the Refugee Experience - The Rights of Others by Seyla Benhabib
  • Books on the Refugee Experience - Lost in Translation by Eva Hoffman
  • Books on the Refugee Experience - Servants of Globalization by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas
  • Books on the Refugee Experience - On the Margins of the World by Michel Agier

Books on the Refugee Experience, recommended by Shahram Khosravi

To understand what makes integration fail or succeed we need to know why migrants moved in the first place, says Shahram Khosravi, Professor of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University and author of Young and Defiant in Tehran and ‘Illegal’ Traveller.

Books on the Refugee Experience, recommended by Shahram Khosravi

    The best books on Aid Work, recommended by Cassie Knight

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    The best books on Aid Work - Brazzaville Charms by Cassie Knight

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    Brazzaville Charms
    by Cassie Knight

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    The best books on Aid Work - Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response by The Sphere Project

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    Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response
    by The Sphere Project

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    The best books on Aid Work - The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh

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    The Hungry Tide
    by Amitav Ghosh

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    The best books on Aid Work - Cause Celeb by Helen Fielding

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    Cause Celeb
    by Helen Fielding

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    The best books on Aid Work - The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer

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    The Life You Can Save
    by Peter Singer

  • The best books on Aid Work - Brazzaville Charms by Cassie Knight
  • The best books on Aid Work - Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response by The Sphere Project
  • The best books on Aid Work - The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh
  • The best books on Aid Work - Cause Celeb by Helen Fielding
  • The best books on Aid Work - The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer

The best books on Aid Work, recommended by Cassie Knight

From 2001 to 2003, Cassie Knight lived and worked in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of Congo, managing a humanitarian aid program after the 1999 civil war. Here, she recommends books on aid work, and its realities as well as inspiring books about it.

The best books on Aid Work, recommended by Cassie Knight

    The best books on Humanitarian Intervention, recommended by Philip Cunliffe

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    The best books on Humanitarian Intervention - From Kosovo to Kabul and Beyond - New Edition by David Chandler (University of Westminster)

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    From Kosovo to Kabul and Beyond - New Edition
    by David Chandler (University of Westminster)

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    The best books on Humanitarian Intervention - Human Rights and Empire by Costas Douzinas

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    Human Rights and Empire
    by Costas Douzinas

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    The best books on Humanitarian Intervention - Global Governance and the New Wars by Mark Duffield

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    Global Governance and the New Wars
    by Mark Duffield

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    The best books on Humanitarian Intervention - Philosophy of Right by G. W. F. Hegel

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    Philosophy of Right
    by G. W. F. Hegel

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    The best books on Humanitarian Intervention - Saviours and Survivors by Mahmood Mamdani

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    Saviours and Survivors
    by Mahmood Mamdani

  • The best books on Humanitarian Intervention - From Kosovo to Kabul and Beyond - New Edition by David Chandler (University of Westminster)
  • The best books on Humanitarian Intervention - Human Rights and Empire by Costas Douzinas
  • The best books on Humanitarian Intervention - Global Governance and the New Wars by Mark Duffield
  • The best books on Humanitarian Intervention - Philosophy of Right by G. W. F. Hegel
  • The best books on Humanitarian Intervention - Saviours and Survivors by Mahmood Mamdani

The best books on Humanitarian Intervention, recommended by Philip Cunliffe

Lecturer in international conflict says the idea that it is right and legitimate for states to intervene in others’ affairs is a very dangerous trend, especially in the name of humanitarianism

The best books on Humanitarian Intervention, recommended by Philip Cunliffe

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