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Humanitarian Assistance or ‘Association With Terrorists’? How U.S Antiterrorism Financing Policy De-Limit Humanitarian Organizations: A Disciplinary Power Analysis

Nissen, Zakarias LU (2019) FKVK02 20191
Department of Political Science
Abstract
In this thesis, the power dynamics underpinning the relationship between USAIDfunded humanitarian organizations and U.S governmental agencies – in relation to the Global War on Terror (GWoT) - are critically investigated. To this end, a
Foucauldian lens of ’disciplinary power’ is utilized to uncover U.S governmental
agencies’ employment of disciplinary practices categorized as surveillance,
correction and normalization. It is argued that the reported tensions between
counterterrorism measures and humanitarian principles are the result of U.S
promotion of a norm of non-association with terrorists. When a Foucauldian
discourse analysis of the empirical material is conducted, it is found that USAID:s implementation of the Partner... (More)
In this thesis, the power dynamics underpinning the relationship between USAIDfunded humanitarian organizations and U.S governmental agencies – in relation to the Global War on Terror (GWoT) - are critically investigated. To this end, a
Foucauldian lens of ’disciplinary power’ is utilized to uncover U.S governmental
agencies’ employment of disciplinary practices categorized as surveillance,
correction and normalization. It is argued that the reported tensions between
counterterrorism measures and humanitarian principles are the result of U.S
promotion of a norm of non-association with terrorists. When a Foucauldian
discourse analysis of the empirical material is conducted, it is found that USAID:s implementation of the Partner Vetting System; the material support-statute in U.S federal law; the inclusion of Anti-terrorism financing clauses in donor contracts; and the U.S Department of Treasury’s Anti-terrorist financing guidelines to “Voluntary Best Practices”, all interplay to discipline humanitarian organizations behavior. The result is that a strong incentive is created for organizations to selfcorrect by compromising with the humanitarian imperative and avoiding implementation of projects in areas controlled by Designated Terrorist
Organizations. (Less)
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author
Nissen, Zakarias LU
supervisor
organization
course
FKVK02 20191
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Global War on Terror, Humanitarian principles, Humanitarian organizations, Disciplinary power, USAID, non-association, Discourse
language
English
id
8977737
date added to LUP
2019-09-06 10:22:47
date last changed
2019-09-06 10:22:47
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  abstract     = {{In this thesis, the power dynamics underpinning the relationship between USAIDfunded humanitarian organizations and U.S governmental agencies – in relation to the Global War on Terror (GWoT) - are critically investigated. To this end, a
Foucauldian lens of ’disciplinary power’ is utilized to uncover U.S governmental
agencies’ employment of disciplinary practices categorized as surveillance,
correction and normalization. It is argued that the reported tensions between
counterterrorism measures and humanitarian principles are the result of U.S
promotion of a norm of non-association with terrorists. When a Foucauldian
discourse analysis of the empirical material is conducted, it is found that USAID:s implementation of the Partner Vetting System; the material support-statute in U.S federal law; the inclusion of Anti-terrorism financing clauses in donor contracts; and the U.S Department of Treasury’s Anti-terrorist financing guidelines to “Voluntary Best Practices”, all interplay to discipline humanitarian organizations behavior. The result is that a strong incentive is created for organizations to selfcorrect by compromising with the humanitarian imperative and avoiding implementation of projects in areas controlled by Designated Terrorist
Organizations.}},
  author       = {{Nissen, Zakarias}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Humanitarian Assistance or ‘Association With Terrorists’? How U.S Antiterrorism Financing Policy De-Limit Humanitarian Organizations: A Disciplinary Power Analysis}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}