Healing Communities in Conflict: International Assistance in Complex Emergencies

by Kimberly Maynard

Overview

From Rwanda to Bosnia-Herzegovina to Kosovo and beyond, devastating human tragedies have torn apart communities—and too often, the international response has been ineffective. Here now is a wealth of pragmatic information on how the international community can help these regions rebuild their communities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231112796
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	07/03/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Kimberly A. Maynard has worked as an on-site consultant in many disaster-torn nations. Since 1998, she has been closely involved in the Kosovo crisis.

What People are Saying About This

Harold H. Saunders

The authority of Maynard's extensive experience in dealing with crisis like these coupled with her pathbreaking insights into how our changing world works makes this book uniquely valuable for a scholar, practitioner and policymaker alike.

Editorial Reviews

A valuable and essential book to read for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners who work in the field of complex human emergencies.

Ethnic Conflict Research Digest

Maynard, perhaps uniquely qualified by virtue of more than 20 years'experience working on the ground in areas such as Rwanda, Tajikstan, Somalia, Zaire, and others, offers a comprehensive, multidimensional look at the context and scope of these types of conflicts.

Choice - J. L. Twigg

Maynard's study takes a critical look at international relief efforts in communities ruptured by violent internal conflict—what relief workers call 'complex emergencies.'

Journal of Social Work Education

Maynard, perhaps uniquely qualified by virtue of more than 20 years'experience working on the ground in areas such as Rwanda, Tajikstan, Somalia, Zaire, and others, offers a comprehensive, multidimensional look at the context and scope of these types of conflicts.

Choice - J.L. Twigg

Maynard, perhaps uniquely qualified by virtue of more than 20 years'experience working on the ground in areas such as Rwanda, Tajikstan, Somalia, Zaire, and others, offers a comprehensive, multidimensional look at the context and scope of these types of conflicts.

— J. L. Twigg

Choice

Maynard, perhaps uniquely qualified by virtue of more than 20 years´ experience working on the ground in areas such as Rwanda, Tajikstan, Somalia, Zaire, and others, offers a comprehensive, multidimensional look at the context and scope of these types of conflicts.

J. L. Twigg

A comprehensive, multidimensional look at the context and scope of these types of conflicts.

J.L. Twigg

The authority of Maynard's extensive experience in dealing with crisis like these coupled with her pathbreaking insights into how our changing world works makes this book uniquely valuable for a scholar, practitioner and policymaker alike.

Harold H. Saunders

Maynard, closely involved in the crisis in Kosovo since 1998 and now living in the region, looks beyond immediate relief needs to offer ideas on a long-term strategies for collaboration in communities torn apart by ethnic violence. She shows how policymakers' inadequate knowledge of local realities affects their ability to respond to specific incidents, and presents a plan for rebuilding communities that begins with establishing safety and moves through discussion of loss, rebuilding trust, and restoring democratic discourse. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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