1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990003035510403321

Autore

Rampa, Lorenzo

Titolo

Contabilità sociale / Lorenzo Rampa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano : ISEDI, 1979

Descrizione fisica

135 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

Collana

Testi scientifici modulari , Serie di economia ; 7

Locazione

SES

DECTS

Collocazione

F/2.1 RAM/1

F/2.1 RAM/2

ISVE C8-C9.50

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790595803321

Autore

Mitchell Neil J (Neil James), <1953->

Titolo

Democracy's blameless leaders [[electronic resource] ] : from Dresden to Abu Ghraib, how leaders evade accountability for abuse, atrocity, and killing / / Neil James Mitchell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University, 2012

ISBN

0-8147-6338-3

0-8147-6337-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Disciplina

303.3/4

Soggetti

Political leadership - Moral and ethical aspects

Democracy - Moral and ethical aspects

Civilians in war - Crimes against

Criminal liability (International law)

Atrocities

Government accountability

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Introduction -- The theory of the fall guy -- Evading accountability -- Amritsar -- Dresden -- Londonderry -- Beirut -- Baghdad -- Baghdad to Basra -- A tale of a few cities: better leaders, better institutions, or a better audience?.

Sommario/riassunto

From the American and British counter-insurgency in Iraq to the bombing of Dresden and the Amristar Massacre in India, civilians are often abused and killed when they are caught in the cross-fire of wars and other conflicts. In Democracy’s Blameless Leaders, Neil Mitchell examines how leaders in democracies manage the blame for the abuse and the killing of civilians, arguing that politicians are likely to react in a self-interested and opportunistic way and seek to deny and evade accountability.Using empirical evidence from well-known cases of abuse and atrocity committed by the security forces of established, liberal democracies, Mitchell shows that self-interested political leaders will attempt to evade accountability for abuse and atrocity, using a range of well-known techniques including denial, delay, diversion, and



delegation to pass blame for abuse and atrocities to the lowest plausible level. Mitchell argues that, despite the conventional wisdom that accountability is a ‘central feature’ of democracies, it is only a rare and courageous leader who acts differently, exposing the limits of accountability in democratic societies. As democracies remain embroiled in armed conflicts, and continue to try to come to grips with past atrocities, Democracy’s Blameless Leaders provides a timely analysis of why these events occur, why leaders behave as they do, and how a more accountable system might be developed.