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Caring in Crisis? Humanitarianism, the Public and NGOs
58,84 € |
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Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan |
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Veröffentl.: | 26.02.2017 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9783319502595 |
Sprache: | englisch |
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Drawing on an original UK-wide study of public responses to humanitarian issues and how NGOs communicate them, this timely book provides the first evidence-based psychosocial account of how and why people respond or not to messages about distant suffering. The book highlights what NGOs seek to achieve in their communications and explores how their approach and hopes match or don’t match what the public wants, thinks and feels about distant suffering
<div>1. Caring in crisis and the crisis of caring: Towards a new agenda .- 2. Caring in crisis? Public responses to mediated humanitarian knowledge .- 3.Connecting to suffering .- 4. The mediation of caring .- 5. Supporting more people that care to take action for international change: The challenge for humanitarian NGOs .- 6. Caring enterprise in crisis? Challenges and opportunities of humanitarian NGO communications .- 7. Humanitarian communication and its limits .- 8. Communicating suffering: A view from NGO practice .- 9. Building paths to caring in crisis and mitigating the crisis of caring .- 10. Rounding out the humanitarian triangle: Reflections from an international perspective.</div><div><br></div>
<div><b>Irene Bruna Seu </b>is Reader in the Department of Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck, University of London, UK, and a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist.<br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Shani Orgad</b> is Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. <br></div>
Drawing on an original UK-wide study of public responses to humanitarian issues and how NGOs communicate them, this timely book provides the first evidence-based psychosocial account of how and why people respond or not to messages about distant suffering.. The book highlights what NGOs seek to achieve in their communications and explores how their approach and hopes match or not what the public want, think and feel about distant suffering.
Provides the first evidence-based account of why and how people respond (or fail to respond) to humanitarian communication Considers both public responses and NGO intentions, drawing on extensive interviews with both groups Brings academic perspectives and NGO perspectives into dialogue with one another Provides a multi-disciplinary account informed by psychosocial studies, media and communications, social psychology, and sociology
<p>“The findings of this book hit home so hard and so true, it should be compulsory reading for any communications professional serious about promoting social justice. If you can read this and remain unconvinced the sector needs to change, you need to quit your job.” (Paul Vanags, Head of Public Fundraising Oxfam GB, UK) </p>
<p>“This volume presents cutting edge multi-method research which will contribute greatly to our understanding of strategies that can successfully motivate bystanders, NGOS, and governments to act in positive ways about humanitarian issues. This carefully-designed volume offers a careful, incisive analysis and impressively includes essays by both influential academics and advocates. A first-rate book!” (Alison Dundes Renteln, Professor of Political Science, University of Southern California, USA)</p>
<p>“This volume presents cutting edge multi-method research which will contribute greatly to our understanding of strategies that can successfully motivate bystanders, NGOS, and governments to act in positive ways about humanitarian issues. This carefully-designed volume offers a careful, incisive analysis and impressively includes essays by both influential academics and advocates. A first-rate book!” (Alison Dundes Renteln, Professor of Political Science, University of Southern California, USA)</p>