Western Spectacle of Governance and the Emergence of Humanitarian World Politics
Authors: Aaltola, M.
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- About this book
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The book examines the patterns of co-option and collaboration between the ethical and political traditions of the humanitarianism in various world political spectacles: September 11th, Iraq and Afganistan, Darfur, SARS and Avian Flu, and US transformational HIV/AIDS diplomacy.
- About the authors
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MIKA AALTOLA is currently a Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA.
- Reviews
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"Aaltola has written an importantand highly stimulating book that asks serious questions about pain and the humanitarian response. Buddha's injunction to be 'compassionate' will never seem simple again." - Stephen Chan, Professor of International Relations, University of London
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-14
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Violent Vortexes of Compassion
Pages 15-38
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Vorticity in Action: Compassions, Stimulations, and Mutual Regressions
Pages 39-65
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Compassion as a Morality Drama at the Profiled EU and U.S. Borders
Pages 66-106
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Compassions at International Airports: The Hub-and-Spoke Pedagogy of the American Empire
Pages 107-126
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Western Spectacle of Governance and the Emergence of Humanitarian World Politics
- Authors
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- M. Aaltola
- Copyright
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-230-62210-4
- DOI
- 10.1057/9780230622104
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VI, 204
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