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Humanitarian intervention : an introduction /

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York :. Palgrave Macmillan, . c2010Description: xiv, 303 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780230220317 (
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 21 341.584
Contents:
pt. I. CONCEPTS AND CONCEPTIONS. What is "humanitarian intervention"? -- The just war tradition -- The sovereign state -- Theoretical perspectives -- pt. II. CONTROVERSIES. Legality and legitimacy -- Sovereignty as responsibility -- Who decides? -- Motives and means -- pt. III. CASES. "Humanitarian intervention" in history -- Rwanda -- Kosovo -- Iraq -- Darfur -- Conclusion: The future of humanitarian intervention?
Summary: A broad-ranging introduction to the theory, practice and politics of humanitarian intervention on the contemporary world, its historical background and future prospects after the experiences of Rwanda, Kosovo, Darfur and Iraq"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. CONCEPTS AND CONCEPTIONS. What is "humanitarian intervention"? -- The just war tradition -- The sovereign state -- Theoretical perspectives -- pt. II. CONTROVERSIES. Legality and legitimacy -- Sovereignty as responsibility -- Who decides? -- Motives and means -- pt. III. CASES. "Humanitarian intervention" in history -- Rwanda -- Kosovo -- Iraq -- Darfur -- Conclusion: The future of humanitarian intervention?

A broad-ranging introduction to the theory, practice and politics of humanitarian intervention on the contemporary world, its historical background and future prospects after the experiences of Rwanda, Kosovo, Darfur and Iraq"--Provided by publisher.

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