'Humanitarians use their resources and expertise to try to do what they see as good in the world, but sometimes bulldoze over the preferences and customs of the people they want to help. Michael N. Barnett's crew of knowledgeable contributors illuminates their penetrating ethical analysis with real dilemmas that aid professionals face in Congo, Darfur, Gaza and other zones of conflict or abuse. Few books on any topic are as effective in breathing life into serious normative analysis through subtly contextualized case studies.' Jack Snyder, Columbia University
Acknowledgements; About the contributors; Part I. The Boundaries of Paternalism: 1. Only in the ballpark of paternalism: arrogance and liberty limitation in international humanitarian aid Henry S. Richardson; 2. Rethinking paternalism: the meaning of gender and sex in the politics of asylum Didier Fassin; Part II. Paternalism, Old and New: 3. Eurocentric pitfalls and paradoxes of international paternalism: decolonizing liberal humanitarianism 2.0 John M. Hobson; 4. The new international paternalism: international regimes David Chandler; Part III. The Social Relations of Paternalism: 5. Paternalism and peacebuilding: capacity, knowledge, and resistance in international intervention Séverine Autesserre; 6. Enabling or disabling paternalism: (in)attention to gender and women's knowledge, capacity and authority in humanitarian contexts Aisling Swaine; 7. The limits of consent: sex trafficking and the problem of international paternalism Sally Engle Merry and Vibhuti Ramachandran; 8. Modernity at the cutting edge: human rights meets FGM Stephen Hopgood; 9. Humanitarian refusals: Palestinian refugees and ethnographic perspectives on paternalism Ilana Feldman; Conclusion. The world according to paternalism Michael N. Barnett; Index.