Casualties of Care
Book • 2011
In Casualties of Care, Miriam Ticktin analyzes the politics of humanitarianism in France and how humanitarian practices mediate relationships between migrants, states, and citizens.
She explores how humanitarian logics produce particular categories of deservingness and shape governance, often producing casualties despite intentions to help.
Drawing on ethnographic research, Ticktin interrogates the moral economies of care and how bureaucratic and legal frameworks translate humanitarian concern into political outcomes.
The book situates humanitarianism within broader forces of racialization and neoliberal governance, revealing tensions between care, sovereignty, and rights.
It offers a critical account of how ethics and affect circulate in migration politics and how claims of humanity can both challenge and reinforce inequalities.
She explores how humanitarian logics produce particular categories of deservingness and shape governance, often producing casualties despite intentions to help.
Drawing on ethnographic research, Ticktin interrogates the moral economies of care and how bureaucratic and legal frameworks translate humanitarian concern into political outcomes.
The book situates humanitarianism within broader forces of racialization and neoliberal governance, revealing tensions between care, sovereignty, and rights.
It offers a critical account of how ethics and affect circulate in migration politics and how claims of humanity can both challenge and reinforce inequalities.
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