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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164056603321

Autore

Rankin Melinda

Titolo

The political life of Mary Kaldor : ideas and action in international relations / / by Melinda Rankin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-62637-623-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 pages)

Disciplina

327.092

Soggetti

Political scientists - Great Britain

World politics - 1945-1989

World politics - 1989-

Human security

Civil society

Globalization - Political aspects

Intervention (International law)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Politics of Mary Kaldor -- 2. Militarism and the State -- 3. European Nuclear Disarmament -- 4. Linking Peace and Human Rights -- 5. Politics from Below -- 6. Independent Civil Society -- 7. Dealignment, Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly, and Moscow -- 8. The Problem of Intervention to Stop War -- 9. The Politics of Violence -- 10. Safe Havens and Protectorates -- 11. New Wars -- 12. Rethinking Intervention -- 13. Human Security -- 14. The Future of Security? -- List of Acronyms -- References -- Index -- About the Book

Sommario/riassunto

Although more than a little controversial, Mary Kaldor's academic work and ideas have both stimulated and influenced debate in the Pentagon, the United Nations, the European Union, NATO, and beyond. How did this come about? And how did Kaldor reach the conclusions outlined in her seminal books? Melinda Rankin traces the evolution of Kaldor's work, revealing how her thinking developed from her years as an anti–Cold War activist and scholar in the 1970s-1980s, through her direct



experiences of war in the Balkans and Caucasus, to her present support for rights-based international law enforcement to defend civilians from state and quasi-state violence.