The Politics and Policies of Relief, Aid and Reconstruction: Contrasting approaches to disasters and

List of Tables and Figures List of Acronyms Note on the Contributors Preface Introduction PART I: THEORIES AND APPROACHES Humanitarian and Emergency Policies and the Change of the Global Political System; F.Attinà Disasters: A Short History of Social Science and World Policy Perspectives; S.Revet Theoretical Departures to Disasters and Emergencies; M.Aaltola The Nexus between Security, Development and Humanitarianism: A Critical Appraisal to Multidimensional Peace Missions; M.R.Freire , P.D.Lopes & D.Nascimento Risk Societies in World Politics: Overcoming Disasters Together; N.Vanaga PART II: CASE STUDIES Catastrophe and Containment - A Critical Analysis of the U.S. Response to the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti Annica Moore The United Nations - European Union Co-operation in Aid, Relief and Reconstruction. The Haiti Case; C.Morsut & M.Iturre The Politics of Disaster. Coping with 'Humanitarianism' in Post-tsunami Sri Lanka; M.Benadusi The UN and Genocide: A Comparative Analysis of Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia; S.Stein Humanitarian NGOs in Peacebuilding and Reconstruction Operations; D.Irrera 'TragiCIMICal': An Attempt at Civil and Military Cooperation in Lebanon; R.F.Sapienza Concluding Remarks References