Humanitarian Intervention and International Relations

Name: Humanitarian Intervention and International Relations
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ISBN: 9780199291625

ISBN-10: 0199291624

ISBN-13: 9780199291625

Edition: 2006

Authors: Jennifer M. Welsh

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Should states use military force for humanitarian purposes? What are the challenges to international society posed by humanitarian intervention in a post-September 11th world? This path-breaking work brings together well-known scholars of law, philosophy, and international relations, together with practitioners who have been actively engaged in intervention during the past decade. Together, this team provides practical and theoretical answers to one of the most burning issues of our day. Case studies include Somalia, Rwanda, the Balkans, and East Timor, as well as the recent US intervention in Afghanistan. The book demonstrates why humanitarian intervention continues to be a controversial…

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List price: $85.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/3/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 246
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.06" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Humanitarian Intervention and International Relations


Humanitarian Intervention and International Relations


Contents


Notes on Contributors


Acknowledgements



Introduction



International Relations Theory and Humanitarian Intervention



Limiting Sovereignty



The Humanitarian Responsibilities of Sovereignty: Explaining the Development of a New Norm of Military Intervention for Humanitarian Purposes in International Society



Taking Consequences Seriously: Objections to Humanitarian Intervention



the Politics and Practice of Humanitarian Intervention



The United Nations and Humanitarian Intervention



Humanitarian Intervention in the Balkans



Humanitarian Intervention and International Society: Lessons from Africa



International Intervention in East Timor



Humanitarian Intervention and Afghanistan



Conclusion: Humanitarian Intervention After 11 September


Notes


Bibliography


Index