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Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention

Rethinking World Politics

Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom
Imprint: Red Globe Press
Published: 3rd Apr 2018
Dimensions: w 144mm h 216mm d 18mm
Weight: 384g
ISBN-10: 1137488085
ISBN-13: 9781137488084
Barcode No: 9781137488084
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Two leading experts in the field re-examine the traditional understanding of humanitarian intervention in this major new text. The recent high-profile interventions in Iraq, Libya and Syria show the various international responses to impending or ongoing humanitarian crises, tracking the development from ad hoc military interventions to a more formalised international human rights regime. This evolution has fundamentally changed the way that states and international society think about, and respond to, atrocities. This textbook charts and explains the transformation, examines the challenges that confront it, and asks whether this new politics can withstand the growing crises in international politics. The human protection system is not perfect, but attempts to reduce both the incidence and lethality of atrocity crimes. The authors argue that armed intervention alone is rarely sufficient to halt humanitarian atrocities, but must be understood within the wider context of peacemaking, including non-violent action. The requirement for states to intervene is codified in international law, and this raises important practical, political and moral questions for consistent humanitarian action. Based on the authors' two decades of research, this text is the ideal companion for students of International Relations, taking modules on Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

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This comprehensive introduction offers a timely reassessment of key debates. The authors show expert insight into the big questions surrounding human protection, regime change, and consistency. In so doing, it acts as a much needed addition to any reading list. * Adrian Gallagher, University of Leeds, UK * This text is an important contribution to the humanitarian intervention literature. While most writers focus on either collective or individual intervention, this book harnesses both in interesting ways, incorporating the most up to date empirical research. * Fernando Teson, Florida State University College of Law, USA *