Above the Fray
Above the Fray From Lake Chad to Iraq, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) provide relief around the globe, and their scope is growing every year. In Above the Fray, Shai M. Policy makers and…
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Above the Fray
From Lake Chad to Iraq, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) provide relief around the globe, and their scope is growing every year. In Above the Fray, Shai M. Policy makers and activists often assume that humanitarian aid is best provided by these organizations, which are generally seen as impartial and neutral.
With a particular focus on the Red Cross, Dromi reveals that NGOs arose because of the efforts of orthodox Calvinists, demonstrating for the first time the origins of the unusual moral culture that has supported NGOs for the past 150 years.Drawing on archival research, Dromi traces the genesis of the Red Cross to a Calvinist movement working in mid-nineteenth-century Geneva. Dromi investigates why the international community overwhelmingly trusts humanitarian NGOs by looking at the historical development of their culture. He shows how global humanitarian