The vulnerable do-gooders: Security strategies of German aid agencies

Disasters

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 244-266

  Schneiker, Andrea ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aid agencies; Development aid; Humanitarianism; Identity; Organisational learning; Security

Indexed keywords

AID ORGANIZATION; DEVELOPMENT AID; HUMANITARIAN AID; SECURITY THREAT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VULNERABILITY;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RELIEF WORK;

ALTRUISM; GERMANY; HUMANS; RELIEF WORK; SECURITY MEASURES;

GERMANY;

EID: 84874943476     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2012.01300.x     Document Type: Article

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