War, hunger, and displacement: The origins of humanitarian emergencies

Nine papers are included in the first volume of a two-volume work analyzing the long-term economic, social, and political roots of humanitarian emergencies and early measures to help prevent such emergencies. Papers discuss the root causes of humanitarian emergencies (Frances Stewart); complex humanitarian emergencies (Raimo Vayrynen); the economic causes of humanitarian emergencies (E. Wayne Nafziger and Juha Auvinen); the conflict over natural and environmental resources (James Fairhead); water scarcity as a source of crises (Ashok Swain); stabilization programs, social costs, violence, and humanitarian emergencies (Christian Morrisson); political causes of humanitarian emergencies (Kalevi J. Holsti); war, crime, and access to resources (David Keen); ethnicity, the politics of conflict, and the case of Matabeleland, Zimbabwe (Jocelyn Alexander, Jo Ann McGregor, and Terence Ranger). Volume 2 presents case studies of twelve conflicts. Nafziger is at Kansas State University. Stewart is with the International Development Centre, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford, and at Somerville College. Vayrynen is at the University of Notre Dame. Index