WASHINGTON, July 7 Wilson-Quarterly
WASHINGTON, July 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Doing good is hard work, and it is getting harder all the time. Humanitarians confront a growing list of challenges around the world, from natural disasters to soaring food prices. They also face disturbing moral complications. Is it really helping, for example, to provide humanitarian aid that props up African dictators or allows warring groups to continue fighting? "As humanitarian organizations have recently discovered," journalist G. Pascal Zachary writes, "even their neutral efforts to help can alter conditions on the ground in unexpected ways." Zachary's essay is one of four that examines an international movement at a critical moment. John R. Miller, a former U.S. ambassador at large on modern day slavery, describes the harsh world of human trafficking, Holly Yeager reports on the many aid workers, in organizations large and small, struggling to make a difference in the world, and Matthew Connelly details the dark side of population control.
Also in the Summer 2008 issue:
-- Urbanist Witold Rybczynski explains why one plausible solution to the housing crisis -- building smaller houses on smaller lots -- isn't as simple as it sounds.
-- Writer Tom Vanderbilt profiles Hans Monderman, a Dutch traffic engineer with a penchant for quoting Proust, who aimed to toss out the rules of the road and replace them with common sense.
-- Are the humanities irrelevant to "the real world"? Historian Wilfred M. McClay argues that at a time when bioengineering throws into question what it means to be human, we need the humanities more than ever.
-- Essayist Jim Rasenberger looks at the venerable -- some might say bizarre -- tradition of sending kids off to summer camp.
The Summer 2008 issue goes on sale Thursday, July 10. To request more information, a review copy, or digital previews of articles, contact managing editor James Carman at (202) 691-4023 or wq@wilsoncenter.org.
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is the living national memorial to President Wilson established by Congress in 1968 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. It is a nonpartisan institution, supported by public and private funds, engaged in the study of national and world affairs. The Center establishes and maintains a neutral forum for free, open, and informed dialogue.
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