Human Rights Journalism: Advances in Reporting Distant Humanitarian Interventions

Shaw, I.

Shaw argues that journalism should focus on deconstructing the underlying structural and cultural causes of political violence such as poverty, famine and human trafficking, and play a proactive (preventative), rather than reactive (prescriptive) role in humanitarian intervention.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2012-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349340415

DOI: 10.1057/9780230358874

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 281