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Author:
Coyne, Christopher J., author.
Title:
Doing bad by doing good : why humanitarian action fails / Christopher J. Coyne.
Publisher:
Stanford Economics and Financean imprint of Stanford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
xiv, 258 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Humanitarian assistance--Economic aspects.
Humanitarian intervention--Economic aspects.
Economic assistance.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-245) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : a living example of the puzzle -- The man of the humanitarian system -- The evolution of humanitarian action -- Adaptability and the planner's problem -- Political competition replaces market competition -- The bureaucracy of humanitarianism -- Killing people with kindness -- Solving the puzzle -- Rethinking the man of the humanitarian system.
ISBN:
0804772274 (cloth : acid-free paper)
9780804772273 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0804772282 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780804772280 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)818953141
LCCN:
2012046254
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

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