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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2021

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Antoine de Bengy Puyvallée  and
Kristian Bjørkdahl
Antoine de Bengy Puyvallée
Affiliation:
Universitetet i Oslo
Kristian Bjørkdahl
Affiliation:
Universitetet i Oslo

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Do-Gooders at the End of Aid
Scandinavian Humanitarianism in the Twenty-First Century
 , pp. 269 - 274
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021
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Index

9/11, terrorist attacks, 95, 140
Aid see Development assistance
Aid, end of, 124, 141, 186
Altruism, 2, 101, 124, 150, 194, 225
Apartheid, 103–107, 110–113, 148
Aristotle, 76, 81
Asylum seekers, 27, 129, 133, 135
Bernadotte, Count Folke, 92
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), 212, 224, 232
Black Economic Empowerment (BEE), 106–107
Bourdieu, 24
Brand
altruism of the Nordic brand, 217–218
branding practices, 3, 17
democracy promotion, 172
good state brand, 20, 24
humanitarian brand, 2–5, 38
internationalism, 194
knowledge brand, 23–26
moral superpower brand, 198
nation branding, 61–63, 119
negative nation branding, 45–56
peace brand, 15–16, 31, 87, 96–98, 199
resilience of the brand, 7, 11, 49
stickiness of the brand, 16–20, 29, 31, 98
threat to the humanitarian brand, 5, 39, 49
Brazil, 230
Brundtland, Gro Harlem, 60, 194–219, 226, 231
Catharsis, 8–9, 62, 76
shame, 31
Civil society, 104, 146–148
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), 233
Colonialism
anti-colonialism, 179
decolonization, 148, 153, 174
imperialism, 183, 223
neo-colonialism, 172, 177
non-colonial past, 19, 82, 86, 97, 108
post-colonial, 185
Communist, 154, 156, 179, 184, 195
Cosmopolitan, 119, 144, 149, 195
Cost-benefit, 50
COVID-19, 232
Cuba, 154, 157, 159, 165
Democracy
democractization, 152–154
democracy promotion, 107, 143–145
democratization, 126
social democracy, 83, 198, 200, 217
transition to, 104
Development assistance principles
accountability, 155, 163, 172, 185–187
conditionality, 158–161, 181–184
decentralization, 127, 129
democracy promotion, see Democracy
effectiveness, 124, 182
environment protection, 126, 129, 159
evaluation, 155, 159, 163, 178, 183, 185–187
gender equality, 126, 131, 162, 165
Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, 139, 162
poverty reduction, 124–127, 133, 145, 153, 178, 200
transparency, 147, 163, 172–173
Development cooperation
agency
DANIDA, 129, 134, 136
NORAD, 66, 230
SIDA, 152, 180, 183
bilateral, 127, 134, 145, 155
ODA, 124, 126, 128, 143, 145, 171, 204
Do-gooder
arrogance, 26, 68
goodness tyranny, 7
hubris, 67, 70, 96
hypocrisy, 28, 70, 76, 177
regime of goodness, 1, 19
Ebola, 233
Egeland, Jan, 94
Environment
climate change, 132, 135, 165, 199, 227
Climate change, 222
environment protection, see Development assistance principles
environmental pioneer, 61
environmentalism, 14, 25, 201
International Panel on Climate Change, 227
World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), 194, 202–210, 226
European Court of Human Rights, 52
European Union (EU)
EU asylum law, 38, 45, 52
EU development policies, 160
EU funds, 135
EU membership, 85–86, 160
EU procurement rules, 127
EU trade agreement, 165
European asylum crisis, 39–45
European integration, 24
europeanization of aid, 5
Exceptionalism
Danish exceptionalism, 137
Nordic exceptionalism, 15, 24, 27, 81, 148
Norwegian exceptionalism, 87
Scandinavian exceptionalism, 19, 124
Swedish exceptionalism, 101, 143
Feminism
#MeToo, 29–31
Feminist foreign policy, 26, 28–29, 165
Nordic gender effect, 25–26, 30
Finland, 19–20, 26–27, 45, 83, 95, 119, 213
France, 236
Gahr Støre, Jonas, 86
GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance, 232
Global public goods (GPG), 163, 215
Global South, 40, 101, 118, 172, 174, 177, 185, 207
Gripen, 102–105
Gross National Income (GNI), 125–126, 128, 133, 145, 171
Growth
economic growth, 129–130, 156, 173, 205
green growth, 130
Limits to Growth, report, 201
population growth, 153, 201
sustainable growth, 131
Guerrilla, 89–92
Guterres, Antonio, 234
Hammarskjöld, Dag, 92, 124, 153
HIV/AIDS, 105, 213, 218, 224
Idealism, 111, 210, 226
Identity
competitive identity, 46
fantasized identity, 25, 27–31
identity building, 3–4, 119
national identity, 77, 96, 110, 120, 227
national identity narrative, 19
ontological anxiety, 21, 28
self-esteem, 16, 23–24
self-identity, 20–23
vicarious identity, 21, 32
Ideology, 129, 149–150, 196
Ignorance, strategic, 61–64, 66–67, 75–77
Immigration policy
Denmark, 6
deterrence strategy, 8, 41
development assistance, 139
immigration law See Law
immigration minister, 47, 50
immigration restrictions, 39
irregular immagration, 45
Jewelry law see Law
Norway, 7
quotas, 41
Refugee convention, 1951, 38
Index, benchmarking, 14–15, 24–25
Indonesia, 230
Industry
aid, 123
arms, 102, 120
defense, 115
denfense, 106
export, 177
oil, 229
Interests
business, 174, 180, 183
commercial, 119, 127, 132
Danish, 130, 132
diplomatic, 93, 151
economic, 154, 180, 225
enlightened interests, 110–114
foreign policy, 103
organizations, 152, 163
political, 10, 135, 137, 140, 225
security, 6, 117, 119, 225
self-interests, 43, 71, 225, 139–141
tied aid, 141
Internally displaced persons (IDPs), 38, 49, see Asylum seekers
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 182
International Vaccine Institute, 233
Kaul, Inge, 222
Khalid, Mansour, 203–204
Kyoto, protocol, 228
Lacan, Jacques, 22
Law
international, 56, 118
Jewelry, 6, 27, 51
Legitimacy, 113, 117, 120, 130, 156, 173
Listhaug, Sylvi, 7
Lutheran World Federation (LWF), 89–90
MacNeill, James, 206, 210
Mandela, Nelson, 106, 113
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), 234
Military, 15, 22, 60, 64, 75, 81, 85, 102, 128, 138, 155, 157, 207
Millenium Development Goals (MDG), 209, 218, 224
Missionary, 83, 177
Moon, Ban-Ki, 54
Multilateralism, 127, 145, 199
multilateral aid, 135, 145, 155
multilateral institutions, 134
multilateral organizations, 148, 151, see also United Nations (UN)
multilateral world order, 162, 215
Myrdal, Gunnar, 176, 179, 198
Myth, 32, 64, 86
Nansen, Fridtjof, 86
Neoliberalism, 62
Neutrality, 1, 19, 21, 84, 88, 117, 174, 176, 198
New International Economic Order (NIEO), 179, 181, 198, 238
Niche, 16, 85, 110, 200
Nilsson, Torsten, 153
Nobel
peace prize, 19, 86
TV series, 61
Nobel, Alfred, 68
Non-aligned countries, 84, 119, 198
Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), 49, 86–87, 104, 128, 138, 141, 160, 204, 224, 228
Nordic Council, 24–25
Norms, 149, 152, 174, 212
international, 127, 144, 151, 161
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 15, 83–85, 88
Nyerere, Julius, 177, 182
Offsets, 104–108
technology transfer, 105, 125, 137, 179
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 1, 158, 162, 171, 203, 233
Development Assistance Committee (DAC), 5, 81, 127, 135, 162, 231
Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), 83
Oslo, 66–67, 90, 204–205
peace agreement, 94, 97
Oxfam, 224
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 92
Palme, Olof, 89, 93, 124, 152, 178, 202
Pandemic, 223
Paradox, 68, 76, 102, 118, 173, 176, 186, 204
Peace
brand see Brand
mediation, 9, 14, 60, 82, 86, 89, 95, 119, 148
model, Norwegian, 86–88
peacekeeping, 14, 148
peacemaking, 80, 82, 89, 96
Persson, Göran, 105, 107, 111
Pind, Søren, 129–130
Political parties
Denmark
Liberal party (Venstre), 133
People’s Party, 27, 51, 54
Social Democratic Party, 50, 52, 131, 133, 139
Finnland
Finns Party, 33
Norway
Christian Democratic Party, 230
Progress Party, 7, 197
Socialist Left Party, 230
Scotland
Scottish Nationalist Party, 32
South Africa
African National Congress (ANC), 104
Sweden
Conservative Party, 152, 155, 161
Green Party, 164
Liberal Party, 155
Moderate Party, 183
Social Democratic Party, 84, 89, 158, 160, 164, 167, 175, 178
Populism, 29, 162
Power, 130, 133, 160, 163
big power, 108
good power, 61, 65, 67
great power, 16, 19, 60, 154
hard power, 85, 148
humanitarian superpower see Brand
moral power, 109
power relations, 174, 176, 179
small power, 16
soft power, 60, 76, 151
super power, 166, 173, 176
symbolic power, 120
Pragmatism, 124–125
compromise, 127, 144, 150, 154, 163, 167, 196, 219
consensus, 72, 135, 150, 157, 167, 182, 204
Pragmatarian style, 194–202, 217
public good, 222
Public–private partnership, 11, 87, 130, 186, 212, 214
Radicalism, 199, 201, 207, 217
Rasmussen, Lars Løkke, 49, 51
Realism, 111, 226
realpolitik, 16, 19, 72, 114, 180
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD), 231
Rome, Club of, 201
SAAB, 103, 106–107, 115, 117
Sachs, Jeffrey, 215, 226
Samuelson, Paul, 222
Sanders, Bernie, 32
Schengen area, 41, 45
Security
global health security, 213–214
human security, 104, 163, 235
national security, 6, 105
ontological security, 16, 20–23, 120
security cooperation, 114
security interest see Interests
social security, 163
Skauen, Petter, 87, 89, 91
Socialism, 20, 32, 181, 209
Solheim, Erik, 230
Sovereignty, 107, 119, 179, 215
Soviet Union, 85, 157, 200, 203, 206
Status, 8, 16, 23, 81, 85, 92, 109, 199
competition, 46, 81, 89, 92, 151
distinction, 23–26, 89, 97, 167
international status, 61, 97
prestige, 89, 96, 109
protection status, 42
status seeking, 3, 16–18, 31, 60, 77, 89
visibility, 81, 85, 87, 96
Stockholm, 91, 204, 209
conference, 1972, 201, 218
newspaper, 177
university, 176
Støjberg, Inger, 47, 50
Stoltenberg, Jens, 77, 199, 230
Stoltenberg, Thorvald, 90, 93
Støre, Jonas Gahr, 232
Sträng, Gunnar, 152, 154
Strategic Defense Procurement Package (SDDP), 103
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 25, 132–133, 137, 165, 172
Tanzania, 177, 182
Tax, 223
Third World, 19, 148, 153, 157, 166, 174, 205
Thorning-Schmidt, Helle, 54
Trade union, 102, 106, 109, 113, 158, 175, 183
Tragedy, 62, 66, 74, 76
Truman, Harry, 174, 176
Trump, Donald, 33
Trustworthiness, 120
Tvedt, Terje, 2, 7, 65, 70
United Nations (UN), 19, 80, 83, 97, 134, 148, 171, 201, 223
UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, 126
UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants, 51
United Nations Climate Conferences, 227, 229
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), 203
United Nations General Assembly, 179, 203, 209, 226
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 49, 54
United Nations human rights committees, 52
United Nations Secretary General, 54, 92, 153, 202
United Nations Security Council, 26, 165
United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants, 54
United States (USA), 23, 41, 45, 48, 157, 162, 228
USSR see Soviet Union
Utopia, 31, 33, 48, 77, 217
Vaccine, 227, 231
Vietnam, 156, 159, 178–181, 184, 186
War
Afghanistan, 65, 140
Cold War, 10, 18–19, 22, 40, 85, 114, 153, 176, 200
Guatemala, 92
Iraq, 128, 140
Middle East, 92
Napoleonic, 19
Second World War, 19, 80, 82
Sri Lanka, 96
Vietnam, 84
Yom Kippur, 179
Welfare state, 45, 48, 60, 71, 83, 87, 149–150, 163, 235
global, 227, 238
Wellcome Trust, 233
Wohlgemuth, Lennart, 180
World Bank, 182, 184, 211–212
World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), see Environment
World Economic Forum, 233
World Health Organization (WHO), 200, 210–219, 226, 231
Zuma, Jacob, 114

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