The Politics and Policies of Relief, Aid and Reconstruction

1. Introduction
Fulvio Attinà

Part I. Theories and Approaches

2. Disaster and Emergency Policies at the International and Global System Levels
Fulvio Attinà

3. Conceptualizing and Confronting Disasters: A Panorama of Social Science Research and International Policies
Sandrine Revet

4. Theoretical Departures to Disasters and Emergencies
Mika Aaltola

5. The Nexus between Security, Development and Humanitarianism: A Critical Appraisal of Multi-dimensional Peace Missions
Maria Raquel Freire, Paula Duarte Lopes, Daniela Nascimento

6. Risk Societies in World Politics: Overcoming Disasters Together
Nora Vanaga

Part II. Case Studies

7. Catastrophe and Containment: A Critical Analysis of the US Response to the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti
Annica Moore

8. United Nations–European Union Cooperation in Aid, Relief and Reconstruction — The Haiti Case
Claudia Morsut, Maite J. Iturre

9. The Politics of Catastrophe: Coping with ‘Humanitarianism’ in Post-tsunami Sri Lanka
Mara Benadusi

10. The UN and Genocide: A Comparative Analysis of Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia
Sabrina Stein

11. Humanitarian NGOs in Peace Building and Reconstruction Operations
Daniela Irrera

12. ‘TragiCIMICal’: An Attempt at Civil and Military Cooperation in Lebanon
Rosario F. Sapienza

13. Concluding Remarks
Fulvio Attinà

Avainsanat: Political Science and International Relations, International Relations, Natural Hazards, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Environmental Sociology, Globalization, Military and Defence Studies