The conceit of humanitarian intervention

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"There is a veritable cottage industry of books on humanitarian intervention (the use of military force to stop atrocities) and the vast majority favors the project. The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention challenges this consensus by pointing up the strategic, legal, and ethical problems associated with it. The book also disputes the claim that humanitarian intervention, particularly as manifested in the doctrine of "The Responsibility to Protect," has become a universal norm that offers a co…

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Full title :The conceit of humanitarian intervention / Rajan Menon

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Publication Date:2016

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016

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Description:xii, 235 Seiten

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199384877, 0199384878, 9780199384884, 0199384886
oclc:ocn946728783
LC Classification:JZ6369
Dewey Decimal:341.5/84

Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Animating Idea -- Chapter 2: Altruism's Limits -- Chapter 3: Sovereignty, Legitimacy, and Intervention -- Chapter 4: The Legal Debate -- Chapter 5: Human Rights and Intervention -- Chapter 5: The Primacy of Pragmatism -- Chapter 7: War and Post-War -- Chapter 8: "The International Community" -- Conclusion

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Droit d'ingérence humanitaire Humanitäre Hilfe Humanitarian intervention international relations Internationale Politik Intervention (Droit international) Intervention (International law) Militärischer Einsatz National security POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Rela… POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom … POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relat… POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom e… Relations internationales