Alternative Accountabilities in Global Politics The scars of violence; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The account of the scar: theory and methods; 2 Towards a politics of exteriority; 3 The body's resistance: anthrobiological scars; 4 The spaces around us: architectural and landscape scarring; Conclusion: from elegy to creation; Notes; References; Index
Summary
In fields such as politics, international relations, public administration and international law, there is a rapidly growing interest in the topic of 'accountability'. In this innovative new work, Steele shows how we might recognize how an alternative form of accountability in global politics has been present for some time, and that, furthermore, this form's continued presence remains one of the most politically powerful, if not endurable, possibilities for resistance in the near future. This book argues that the physical and visually shocking outcomes of violence found on the bodies
