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Author Ticktin, Miriam Iris, author.

Title Casualties of care : immigration and the politics of humanitarianism in France / Miriam Ticktin.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 295 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome.
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents pt. 1. The context : politics and care -- pt. 2. On the ground : compassion and pathology -- pt. 3. Antipolitics : diseased citizens and a racialized postcolonial state.
Summary This work explores the unintended consequences of compassion in the world of immigration politics. In particular it looks at two regimes of care, humanitarianism and the movement to stop violence against women.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Humanitarianism -- France.
Humanitarianism.
France.
France -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
Emigration and immigration.
Government policy.
France.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Ticktin, Miriam Iris. Casualties of care. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 9780520269040 (DLC) 2011008975 (OCoLC)707023042
ISBN 9780520950535 (electronic book)
0520950534 (electronic book)
1283278596
9781283278591
9780520269040 (alkaline paper)
0520269047 (alkaline paper)
9780520269057 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0520269055 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9786613278593
6613278599