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, Germany

Christine 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

Humanitarianism as a moral concept and an organized practice has become a major factor in world society. It channels an enormous amount of resources and serves as an argument for different kinds of interference into the "internal affairs" of countries and regions. At the same time, and for these very reasons, it is an ideal testing ground for successful and unsuccessful cooperation across borders.
Humanitarianism and the Challenges of Cooperation examines the multiple humanitarianisms of today as a testing ground for new ways of global cooperation. General trends in the contemporary transformation of humanitarianism are studied and individual cases of how humanitarian actors cooperate with others on the ground are investigated. This book offers a highly innovative, empirically informed account of global humanitarianism from the point of view of cooperation research in which internationally renowned contributors analyse broad trends and present case studies based on meticulous fieldwork.
This book will be of great interest to students and researchers in the areas of political science, international relations and humanitarianism. It is also a valuable resource for humanitarian aid workers.