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Western Spectacle of Governance and the Emergence of Humanitarian World Politics

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
  2. Introduction

    • Mika Aaltola
    Pages 1-14
  3. Violent Vortexes of Compassion

    • Mika Aaltola
    Pages 15-38
  4. Beyond Humanitarian Compassion

    • Mika Aaltola
    Pages 164-186
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 187-204

About this book

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.

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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

About the author

MIKA AALTOLA is currently a Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA.

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