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Humanitarian intervention : an introduction / Aidan Hehir.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010Description: xiv, 303 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0230220304
  • 9780230220300
  • 0230220312
  • 9780230220317
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 341.584 22
LOC classification:
  • JZ6369 .H43 2010
Contents:
Introduction: Humanitarian Intervention in Contemporary International Relations ---- Part I. Concepts and Conceptions. 1. What is 'Humanitarian Intervention'? --- 2. The Just War Tradition --- 3. The Sovereign State --- 4. Theoretical Perspectives ---- Part II. Controversies. 5. Legality and Legitimacy --- 6. Sovereignty as Responsibility --- 7. Who Decides? --- 8. Motives and Means ---- Part III. Cases. 9. 'Humanitarian Intervention in History --- 10. Rwanda --- 11. Kosovo --- 12. Iraq --- 13. 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.

Introduction: Humanitarian Intervention in Contemporary International Relations ---- Part I. Concepts and Conceptions. 1. What is 'Humanitarian Intervention'? --- 2. The Just War Tradition --- 3. The Sovereign State --- 4. Theoretical Perspectives ---- Part II. Controversies. 5. Legality and Legitimacy --- 6. Sovereignty as Responsibility --- 7. Who Decides? --- 8. Motives and Means ---- Part III. Cases. 9. 'Humanitarian Intervention in History --- 10. Rwanda --- 11. Kosovo --- 12. Iraq --- 13. 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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