Carceral Humanitarianism

Logics of Refugee Detention

Kelly Oliver

Coopted by military operations, humanitarianism has never been neutral. Rather than welcoming refugees, host countries assess the relative risks of taking them in versus turning them away, using a risk-benefit analysis that often reduces refugees to collateral damage in proxy wars fought in the war on terrorism. Carceral Humanitarianism testifies that humanitarian aid and human rights discourse are always political and partisan.

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Carceral Humanitarianism: Logics of Refugee Detention
October 31, 2017

Metadata

edition
1
isbn
978-1-4529-5850-7
issn
2373-5074
publisher
University of Minnesota Press
publisher place
Minneapolis, MN
rights holder
Kelly Oliver
series number
18
series title
Forerunners: Ideas First
version
1.0
doi
https://doi.org/10.5749/9781452958507

Carceral Humanitarianism: Logics of Refugee Detention