Do-gooders at the end of aid Scandinavian humanitarianism in the twenty-first century

Scandinavian countries are routinely considered exceptional for their commitment to development cooperation, peace mediation, and humanitarian action. This book highlights how the political culture of Scandinavia is indeed characterized by the idea of doing good on the world stage, but then shows ho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Bengy-Puyvallée, Antoine de, editor (editor), Bjørkdahl, Kristian, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 2021.
Colección:Social Sciences
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: On the resilience of the Scandinavian humanitarian brand
  • Fantasy, distinction, shame : the stickiness of the Nordic "good state" brand / Christopher S. Browning
  • The do-gooders dilemma : Scandinavian asylum and migration policies in the aftermath of 2015 / Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen
  • The Nobel savage : Norwegian do-goodery as tragedy / Kristian Bjørkdahl
  • An historical view on the Nordic "peace brand" : Norway and Sweden--partners and competitors in peace / Ada Nissen
  • Sweden's weapons exports paradox / Wayne Stephen Coetzee
  • Danish development cooperation : withering heights / Lars Engberg-Pedersen and Adam Moe Fejerskov
  • How democracy promotion became a key aim of Sweden's development aid policy / Johan Karlsson Schaffer
  • From unconditional solidarity to conditional evaluability : competing notions of conditionality in Swedish development aid debates / Carl Marklund
  • The pragmatarian style : environmental change, global health, and Harlem Brundtland' Nordic internationalism / Simon Reid-Henry
  • Global public goods : a threat to Nordic humanitarianism? / Desmond McNeill.