Skein of Thought

Skein of Thought

The Ireland at Fordham Humanitarian Lecture Series

  • Author: Cahill, Brendan H.; Lawton, Johanna; Byrne Nason, Geraldine; Cahill, Brendan H.; Coveney, Simon; Dowd, Caitriona; Duval, Anne-Laure; Higgins, Michael D.; Hollingworth, Matthew; Mahmood, Jemilah; McGoldrick, Jamie; Mellett, Mark; Robinson, Mary
  • Publisher: Fordham University Press
  • Serie: International Humanitarian Affairs
  • ISBN: 9780823293674
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780823294930
  • eISBN Epub: 9780823293667
  • Place of publication:  New York , United States
  • Year of publication: 2020
  • Year of digital publication: 2020
  • Month: November
  • Language: English

This book is the result of a strong collaboration between the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations and Fordham University’s Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs. It is a record of a series of distinguished lectures that explored the current challenges to policymakers and humanitarian actors as they focus their efforts on larger and more complex emergencies. The contributors to this book both identify innovative measures in addressing established problems and address hitherto under-researched emerging issues. A Skein of Thought is the product of this fruitful partnership. Ireland has, through its longstanding peacekeeping, its embrace of multi-lateralism, and its investment in development and humanitarian solutions, been a global leader in confronting and mitigating global disasters. In a similar way, the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs has been a global leader in humanitarian training, publications, and research. A Skein of Thought: The Ireland at Fordham Humanitarian Lecture Series, then, represents this link between theory and practice.

The Refuge Press
The Refuge Press is an independent humanitarian imprint that was founded in 2019. Following on from a successful International Humanitarian Affairs Series through Fordham University Press, The Refuge Press, with Brendan Cahill as its Publisher, publishes four books per year. The Refuge Press books challenge humanitarian thinking and offer personal and professional reflections on global crises.

  • Cover
  • A SKEIN OF THOUGHT
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface Permanent Representative of Ireland to the United Nations
  • Introduction
  • How Climate, Gender and Insecurity Are Driving Food Insecurity and Humanitarian Need
  • Humanitarianism and the Public Intellectual in Times of Crisis
  • The Trust Deficit in Humanitarian Action
  • The Sustainable Development Goals and Common Values: A Vital Framework for Humanitarian Action
  • Humanitarian Access
  • Conflict and Hunger
  • The Conflict of Hunger
  • Concluding Lecture
  • About
  • Contributing Authors
  • Endnotes

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