ISBN: 9781935408017

From natural disaster areas to zones of conflict around the world, a new logic of intervention has emerged. This new post-Cold War international order combines military action and humanit… Más…

From natural disaster areas to zones of conflict around the world, a new logic of intervention has emerged. This new post-Cold War international order combines military action and humanitarian aid, conflates moral imperatives and political arguments, and confuses the concepts of legitimacy and legality. The mandate to protect human lives, however and wherever endangered, has thus promoted a new form of military and humanitarian government that operates in a temporality of urgency, moving from one crisis to the next, applying the same battery of technical expertise — from army logistics to epidemiological management to the latest administrative tools for forging “good governance.” In the name of the right to intervene, this new strategy challenges national sovereignties and deploys economic powers. Not only does it take charge of people’s lives, it also reduces their histories and expectations to bare lives to be rescued.Drawing on the critical insights of anthropologists, legal scholars, political scientists, and practitioners from the field, Contemporary States of Emergency first examines the historical antecedents as well as the moral, juridical, ideological, and economic conditions that have made military and humanitarian interventions possible today. It then addresses the practical process of intervention in global situations on five continents, illustrating the diversity as well as the parallels between contemporary forms of military and humanitarian interventions.Finally, it investigates the ethical and political consequences of the generalization of states of emergency and the humanitarian government that they entail. The authors thus seek to understand a critical question that confronts the world today: How and why have military and humanitarian interventions transformed the international order such that what was once a logic of exception has now become the rule of contemporary global politics? Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Social Sciences>Sociology>Sociology, Zone Books Core >1<

ISBN: 9781935408017

The new form of ""humanitarian government"" emerging from natural disasters and military occupations that reduces people to mere lives to be rescued. From natural disaster areas to zones … Más…

The new form of ""humanitarian government"" emerging from natural disasters and military occupations that reduces people to mere lives to be rescued. From natural disaster areas to zones of political conflict around the world, a new logic of intervention combines military action and humanitarian aid, conflates moral imperatives and political arguments, and confuses the concepts of legitimacy and legality. The mandate to protect human lives-however and wherever endangered-has given rise to a new form of humanitarian government that moves from one crisis to the next, applying the same battery of technical expertise (from military logistics to epidemiological risk management to the latest social scientific tools for ""good governance"") and reducing people with particular histories and hopes to mere lives to be rescued. This book explores these contemporary states of emergency. Drawing on the critical insights of anthropologists, legal scholars, political scientists, and practitioners from the field, Contemporary States of Emergency examines historical antecedents as well as the moral, juridical, ideological, and economic conditions that have made military and humanitarian interventions common today. It addresses the practical process of intervention in global situations on five continents, describing both differences and similarities, and examines the moral and political consequences of these generalized states of emergency and the new form of government associated with them. | Contemporary States Of Emergency by Didier Fassin Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Social Science > Anthropology P10102, Didier Fassin<

ISBN: 9781935408017

Paperback, [PU: Zone Books], The new form of "humanitarian government" emerging from natural disasters and military occupations that reduces people to mere lives to be rescued., Society &… Más…

Paperback, [PU: Zone Books], The new form of "humanitarian government" emerging from natural disasters and military occupations that reduces people to mere lives to be rescued., Society & Culture: General, Social Impact Of Disasters, Social & Cultural Anthropology, Aid & Relief Programmes, International Relations, Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs), Warfare & Defence, Peacekeeping Operations, International Humanitarian Law<