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Biopolitics, Governmentality and Humanitarianism: 'Caring' for the Population in Afghanistan and Belarus book cover

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Biopolitics, Governmentality and Humanitarianism 'Caring' for the Population in Afghanistan and Belarus

By Volha Piotukh Copyright 2015
178 Pages
by Routledge

178 Pages
by Routledge
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This book critically analyses the changing role and nature of post-Cold War humanitarianism, using Foucault's theories of biopolitics and governmentality. It offers a compelling and insightful interpretation of the policies and practices associated with ‘new humanitarianism in general, as well as of the dynamics of two specific international assistance efforts: the post-2001 conflict-related... Read more

Introduction 1. ‘Working with Foucault after Foucault’: biopolitics, governmentality and the international 2. ‘New’ humanitarianism as a regime of governing: context, agendas, actors, technologies 3. ‘Caring’ for the population of Afghanistan: the biopolitics of aid securitisation and militarisation 4. ‘Caring’ for the population of Belarus: problematisations that matter and Chernobyl’s ‘ghosts’ Conclusions Bibliography

Biography

Volha Piotukh holds PhD in Politics and International Studies and is currently Postdoctoral Research Associate at Durham University.

'... the book promises something new and thought‐provoking to many in the reading audience... this is an insightful read that will be welcomed by scholars and intellectuals interested in Afghan and Belarusian politics and society, and/or the topics of biopolitics, international governmentality, and international humanitarian action.'--Evgenia Ivanova, Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (JSPPS)

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