{"product_id":"madness-in-international-relations-alison-howell-9780415870818","title":"Madness in International Relations: Psychology, Security, and the Global Governance of Mental Health","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMadness in International Relations\u003c\/em\u003e provides an important and innovative account of the role of psychology and psychiatry in global politics, showing how mental health governance has become a means of securing various populations, often with questionable effects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the analysis of three key case studies Howell illustrates how such therapeutic interventions can at times be coercive and sovereign, at other times disciplinary, and at still other times benevolent, though not benign. In each case a 'diagnostic competition' is traced, that is, a contestation over how best to diagnose and treat the population in question. The book examines the populations of Guantánamo Bay, post-conflict societies and western militaries, identifying how these diagnostic competitions ultimately rest on shared assumptions about the value of psychology and psychiatry in managing global security, about the value of achieving security through mental health governance, and ultimately about the medicalization of security.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work will be of great interest to all scholars of International relations, critical theory and security studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alison Howell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 041587081X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415870818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.43d","brand":"Alison Howell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48136119910655,"sku":"9780415870818","price":72.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1214abea-6273-4492-9ae8-94402f194644.jpg?v=1770160643","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/madness-in-international-relations-alison-howell-9780415870818","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}