Includes bibliographical references and index.

Humanitarianism : a brief history of the present / Michael Barnett a nd Thomas G. Weiss -- The rise of emergency relief aid / James D. Fearo n -- The imperative to reduce suffering : charity, progress, and emerge ncies in the field of humanitarian action / Craig Calhoun -- Saying "no " to Wal-Mart? : money and morality in professional humanitarianism / S tephen Hopgood -- Humanitarian organizations : accountable--why, to who m, for what, and how? / Janice Gross Stein -- The grand strategies of h umanitarianism / Michael Barnett and Jack Snyder -- The power of holdin g humanitarianism hostage and the myth of protective principles / Laura Hammond -- Sacrifice, triage, and global humanitarianism / Peter Redfi eld -- The distributive commitments of international NGOs / Jennifer C. Rubenstein -- Humanitarianism as a scholarly vocation / Michael Barnet t -- Humanitarianism and practitioners : social science matters / Peter J. Hoffman and Thomas G. Weiss.