Humanitarianism and Challenges of Cooperation

Volker Heins is Head of Interculturality Research at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany Kai Koddenbrock is a Lecturer at the institute for Political Science, University of Aachen, GermanyChristine Unrau is a Research assistant for the Centre for Global Cooperation, Germany

• Introduction: Cultures of Humanitarianism, Old and New Part I: Transforming the Humanitarian Enterprise: Principles, Politics, and Professionalism 1. Humanitarianism’s Contested Culture in War Zones 2. Humanitarianism Reborn: The Shift from Governing Causes to Governing Effects 3. Instrumentalisation of Aid in Humanitarian Crises: Obstacle or Precondition for Cooperation? 4. Decoding the Software of Humanitarian Action: Universal or Pluriversal 5. More than morals: Making Sense of the Rise of Humanitarian Aid Organisations 6. Stronger, Faster, Better: Three Logics of Humanitarian Futureproofing Part II: Cooperating in Humanitarian Action: Changes on the Ground 7. Science and Charity: Rival Catholic Visions for Humanitarian Practice at the End of Empire 8. Religion and (Non-)Cooperation in Tanzanian Communication Campaigns against Female Genital Cutting 9. Islamic Charities from the Arab World in Africa: Intercultural Encounters of Humanitarianism and Morality 10. The Changing Role of China in International Humanitarian Cooperation: Challenges and Opportunities 11. Between Marketisation and Altruism: Humanitarian Assistance, NGOs and Private Military and Security Companies 12. The Impact of the Security Council on the Efficacy of the International Criminal Court and the Responsibility to Protect