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In his recent book, Mark Duffield (2007:19) draws a stark contrast between “insured life” in the global North, and “non-insured surplus life” in the global South. The goal of transnational development intervention, he argues, is not to extend northern-style social protections to the population of the global South, but to keep the latter in their place—ensconced in their nations, communities and families, where they must be self-sufficient, and not make demands.
To Make Live or Let Die? Rural Dispossession and the Protection of Surplus Populations
Tania Murray Li
To understand yourself as being exploited or alienated, you have to believe that you have a finite, precious time to live and that your own life is being taken away from you when that time is taken away from you.
This Life
Martin Hägglund
To tolerate diversity, relationships must be task-focused rather than personality-focused.
The Effective Executive
Peter F. Drucker
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