New Book: Do-Gooders at the End of Aid: Scandinavian Humanitarianism in the Twenty-First Century

UiO-researchers and Nordic Branding-members Kristian Bjørkdahl and Antoine de Bengy Puyvallée have edited this newly published volume on the Scandinavian humanitarian brand.

Source: UiO.

Information

Scandinavia has a long-established brand of humanitarianism and international solidarity. This edited volume explores different problematics related to this theme: The brand's resilience (Chapter 1), instances of negative nation branding (Chapter 2), and the so-called "peace brand" (Chapter 4), among others.

The book is of interest to both academic and general audiences. It also happens to be the third book published through Nordic Branding, the previous ones being Children’s Rights in Norway: An Implementation Paradox? (edited by Malcolm Langford, Marit Skivenes, and Karl Harald Søvig) and Gender Equality and Nation Branding in the Nordic Region (edited by Eirinn Larsen, Sigrun Marie Moss, and Inger Skjelsbæk).

Further information

The book can be purchased at Cambridge University Press or read in full through Open Access on the Cambridge Core website.

Kristian Bjørkdahl is postdoctoral and head of teaching at Centre for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo.

Antoine de Bengy Puyvallée is PhD candidate in International Politics at Centre for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo.