Humanitarianism and Human Rights

Michael N. Barnett is University Professor of International Affairs and Political Science at the George Washington University, Washington DC. He has written critically acclaimed books on global ethics, humanitarian intervention, and humanitarianism, including Eyewitness to a Genocide: The United Nations and Rwanda (2002) and Empire of Humanity (2012) and edited Paternalism Beyond Borders (2016).

• Introduction. World of differences? Michael Barnett; Part I. Differences or Distinctions?: 1. Human rights and humanitarianization: from separation to intersection Samuel Moyn; 2. Suffering and status Jeffrey Flynn; 3. Humanitarianism and human rights in morality and practice Charles R. Beitz; 4. For a fleeting moment: the short, happy, life of humanism Stephen Hopgood; Part II. Practices: 5. Humanitarian governance and the circumvention of revolutionary human rights in the British Empire Alan Lester; 6. Humanitarian intervention as an entangled history of humanitarianism and human rights Fabian Klose; 7. Mobilizing emotions: shame, victimhood, and agency Bronwyn Leebaw; 8. At odds? Human rights and humanitarian approaches to violence against women during conflict Aisling Swaine; 9. Innocence: shaping the concept and practice of humanity Miriam Ticktin; 10. Reckoning with time: vexed temporalities in human rights and humanitarianism Ilana Feldman; 11. Between the border and a hard place: negotiating protection and humanitarian aid after the genocide in Cambodia, 1979-1999 Bertrand Taithe; Conclusion. Practices of humanity Michael Barnett; Bibliography; Index.

'The fraught relationship between humanitarianism and human rights is brilliantly illuminated in this excellent collection. Many of the key figures in the contemporary discourse feature in the theoretical section of the book, but the strength of the volume rests equally on a series of well-crafted practical studies. Very highly recommended.' Chris Brown, Emeritus Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science