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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454898403321

Autore

Bjola Corneliu

Titolo

Legitimising the use of force in international politics [[electronic resource] ] : Kosovo, Iraq and the ethics of intervention / / Corneliu Bjola

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2009

ISBN

1-135-25685-3

1-282-32485-3

9786612324857

0-203-87391-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Collana

Contemporary Security Studies

Disciplina

172/.42

Soggetti

Intervention (International law)

Humanitarian intervention - Balkan Peninsula

Iraq War, 2003-2011

Kosovo War, 1998-1999 - Participation, Foreign

Electronic books.

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

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 The concept of legitimacy in international relations; 2 The moral legitimacy of the use of force; 3 The legal legitimacy of the use of force; 4 The deliberative legitimacy of the use of force; 5 Humanitarianism revisited: The NATO intervention in Kosovo; 6 Defensive necessity versus war of choice: The United States-led military action against Iraq; 7 Conclusions: Institutionalizing deliberative legitimacy; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book aims to examine the conditions under which the decision to use force can be reckoned as legitimate in international relations. Drawing on communicative action theory, it provides a provocative answer to the hotly contested question of how to understand the legitimacy of the use of force in international politics.The use of force is one of the most critical and controversial aspects of international politics. Scholars and policy-makers have long tried to develop



meaningful standards capable of restricting the use of force to a legally narrow yet morally defensible set of cir