Alison Howell

Madness in International Relations (eBook, PDF)

Psychology, Security, and the Global Governance of Mental Health

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a novel approach to the study of security and global governance by demonstrating that psychological interventions are integral to global governmentality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136810268
• Artikelnr.: 38269456

Autorenporträt

Alison Howell is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI), University of Manchester. Her research investigates the relationship between health and security, and she has recently been awarded a Fulbright fellowship for her research on health and soldiering in Western militaries.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Madness in IR: An Introduction 2. Security, Order, Control: From
Anti-Politics to Ethico Politics 3. Approaching Madness:the Psy Disciplines
in Critical Perspective 4. Victims or Madmen? The Diagnostic Competition
over 'Terrorist' Detainees at Guantánamo Bay 5. The Diagnostic Competition
over Post-Conflict Populations: Merging the Psychosocial and Mental Health
Models 6. Ordering Soldiers: Contesting Therapeutic Practices in the
Canadian Military 7. Conclusion: The Global Politics of Governing Mental
Health