Foreign Aid And Landmine Clearance
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Author | : Matthew Breay Bolton |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2010-01-30 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0857712691 |
In the decade since the signing of the Ottawa Treaty, which banned the production and use of anti-personnel mines, governments have spent over $3 billion on clearing up and mitigating the security threat of mines, cluster munitions and other unexploded ordnance in the world's current and former war zones. However, this flow of cash into regions dominated by violent social structures raises numerous political issues. Through detailed archival and field research, this book explores the politics behind the allocation and implementation of foreign aid by the US and Norway for demining in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Sudan. It is an essential resource for practitioners and policymakers working in the field of landmine clearance and for students and researchers of Development Studies and post-war reconstruction.
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Publisher | : Human Rights Watch |
Total Pages | : 970 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Arms control |
ISBN | : 9781564322777 |
Author | : Ian Mansfield |
Publisher | : Big Sky Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-03-31 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781925275520 |
Ian Mansfield was serving in the Australian Army when he was selected to command a team of Australian combat engineers to go to Pakistan to train Afghan refugees in mine-clearance procedures. With millions of refugees expected to return to Afghanistan, the United Nations saw a humanitarian crisis looming and requested help from Western countries to tackle the landmine problem. In September 1991, Ian, along with his wife and two young children, left Australia on a one-year assignment ... and didn't return home for 20 years. This highly personal account recalls Ian's pioneering efforts to set up a civilian program in Afghanistan to clear landmines for humanitarian purposes, and then his decision to leave the Australian Army and join the United Nations. He continued to work in the mine-action sector, setting up programs in Laos and Bosnia, and then working at the policy level at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Stepping into a Minefield highlights the dangers and the tragedies involved in landmine clearance, but also reveals the great humanity, dedication and humor of the thousands of brave men and women clearing landmines today. It also outlines the political, cultural and security 'minefields' that Ian had to navigate along the way, which were often more difficult to deal with than the real minefields.
Author | : Kevin M. Cahill |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Current Events |
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The Library of Congress CiP shows Cahill as author, but he's actually the editor of this collection of articles, of which he wrote two and collaborated on one. The 16 chapters address the terrible problem of land mines, which kill and maim thousands of people every month around the world, with more than 100 million mines currently deployed in over 60 countries. Contributors describe the terrible personal suffering as well as the debilitating medical problems and costs caused by land mines, with analysis of the roots of the problem, solutions, and goals for humanitarian assistance and policy changes. Lacks an index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson |
Publisher | : Rand Corporation |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780833033017 |
At the rate that government and nongovernmental organizations are clearing existing landmines, it will take 450-500 years to rid the world of them. Concerned about the slow pace of demining, the Office of Science and Technology asked RAND to assess potential innovative technologies being explored and to project what funding would be required to foster the development of the more promising ones. The authors of this report suggest that the federal government undertake a research and development effort to develop a multisensor mine detection system over the next five to eight years.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Land mine victims |
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Author | : Pedro Amakasu Raposo |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2013-09-05 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1136754369 |
The Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) was established in 1993 with the intention of creating opportunities for trade and investment on both sides and the promotion of sustainable development. In 2003, the conference translated Japanese aid policy to Africa into three key pillars: human centered development, poverty reduction through economic growth, and the consolidation of peace, and since 2005 Africa has on several occasions been the largest recipient of Japanese overseas aid. Tracing Japanese foreign aid to Africa during and after the Cold War, this book examines how the TICAD process sits at the intersection of international relations and domestic decision making. Indeed, it questions whether the increase in aid has been driven by domestic changes such as demands from civil society and donor interest, or pressures emanating from the international system. Taking Angola and Mozambique as case studies, the book explores how Japan’s development cooperation with Africa has assisted previously war torn states make the transition from war to peace, and in doing so demonstrates the centrality of human security to Japanese foreign policy as a means of ensuring sustainable development. This book will have great interdisciplinary appeal to students and scholars of Japanese and African studies, Japanese politics, international relations theory, foreign policy, economic development and sustainable development.
Author | : Arms Project (Human Rights Watch) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.) |
Publisher | : Human Rights Watch |
Total Pages | : 542 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781564321138 |
10. The future of Landmines
Author | : Matthew Breay Bolton |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2019-10-31 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 3030276112 |
This book analyses the politics of the humanitarian disarmament community—a loose coalition of activist and advocacy groups, humanitarian agencies and diplomats—who have successfully achieved international treaties banning landmines, cluster munitions and nuclear weapons, as well as restricting the global arms trade. Two campaigns have won Nobel Peace Prizes. Disarmament has long been a dirty word in the international relations lexicon. But the success of the humanitarian disarmament agenda shows that people often choose to prohibit or limit certain violent technologies, for reasons of security, honour, ethics or humanitarianism. This edited volume showcases interdisciplinary research by scholars and practitioners seeking to understand the dynamics and impact of the new global activism on weapons. While some raise concerns that humanitarian disarmament may be piecemeal and depoliticizing, others see opportunities to breathe new life into moribund arms control policymaking. Foreword by 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jody Williams.