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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463471903321

Titolo

Ethics beyond war's end [[electronic resource] /] / Eric Patterson, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Georgetown University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-58901-897-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PattersonEric <1971->

Disciplina

172/.42

Soggetti

Just war doctrine

War - Moral and ethical aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. essays from a conference held in Apr. 2010 at Georgetown University.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1. MORAL RESPONSIBILITY AFTER CONFLICT: The Idea of Jus Post Bellum for the Twenty-First Century; 2. THE AFTERMATH OF WAR: Reflections on Jus Post Bellum; 3. JUS ANTE AND POST BELLUM: Completing the Circle, Breaking the Cycle; 4. IN MY BEGINNING IS MY END; 5. A MORE PERFECT PEACE: Jus Post Bellum and the Quest for Stable Peace; 6. ETHICS IN THE TIMES OF WAR; 7. JUST WAR AND AN ETHICS OF RESPONSIBILITY; 8. ENDING THE US CIVIL WAR WELL: Reconciliation and Transitional Justice; 9. JUSTICE AFTER WAR: Toward a New Geneva Convention

10. ''JUST PEACE'': An Elusive IdealCONCLUSION: Toward a Twenty-First Century Jus Post Bellum; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have focused new attention on a perennial problem: how to end wars well. What ethical considerations should guide war's settlement and its aftermath? In cases of protracted conflicts, recurring war, failed or failing states, or genocide and war crimes, is there a framework for establishing an enduring peace that is pragmatic and moral?. Ethics Beyond War's End provides answers to these questions from the just war tradition. Just war thinking engages the difficult decisions of going to war and how war is fought. But from this point forward just war theory must a



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815009303321

Titolo

Food security and food production : institutional challenges in governance domain / / edited by C. Sheela Reddy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4438-8157-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Disciplina

338.1954

Soggetti

Food security - India

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 at the end of each chapters.

Sommario/riassunto

The food security of a nation is largely dependent on its ecological foundation. In India, competition for water, land, human, and financial resources, and the suitability of the existing institutional system in ensuring food security require the attention of both policy makers and planners. Food crops have to compete for water and various other needs with commercial crops. Water, the core requirement for food production, is becoming increasingly scarce in many parts of India. Land is also crucial in food production, especially with regards to soil fertility. However, lands traditionally used