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Humanitarian Intervention and International Relations

✍ Scribed by Jennifer M. Welsh

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Leaves
245
Category
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✦ Synopsis

Should states use military force for humanitarian purposes? Well known scholars and professionals come together in this book to provide practical and theoretical answers to this burning question. Case studies include Somalia, Rwanda, the Balkans, and East Timor, as well as the recent U.S. intervention in Afghanistan.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Notes on Contributors......Page 8
Preface to the Paperback Edition......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 11
1. Introduction......Page 12
PART ONE. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY AND HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION......Page 20
2. Limiting Sovereignty......Page 22
3. The Humanitarian Responsibilities of Sovereignty: Explaining the Development of a New Norm of Military Intervention for Humanitarian Purposes in International Society......Page 40
4. Taking Consequences Seriously: Objections to Humanitarian Intervention......Page 63
PART TWO. THE POLITICS AND PRACTICE OF HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION......Page 80
5. The United Nations and Humanitarian Intervention......Page 82
6. Humanitarian Intervention in the Balkans......Page 109
7. Humanitarian Intervention and International Society: Lessons from Africa......Page 131
8. International Intervention in East Timor......Page 153
9. Humanitarian Intervention and Afghanistan......Page 174
10. Conclusion: The Evolution of Humanitarian Intervention in International Society......Page 187
Notes......Page 200
Bibliography......Page 222
B......Page 232
C......Page 233
F......Page 235
H......Page 236
I......Page 237
L......Page 238
N......Page 239
P......Page 240
R......Page 241
S......Page 242
U......Page 243
V......Page 244
Z......Page 245

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