The Routledge handbook of the responsibility to protect / / edited by W. Andy Knight and Frazer Egerton

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779247903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-136-30486-X; 1-280-87395-7; 9786613715265; 1-136-30487-8; 0-203-11763-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (309 p.)
• Collana: Routledge handbooks
• Altri autori (Persone): EgertonFrazer <1977->; KnightW. Andy
• Disciplina: 341.5/84
• Soggetti: Atrocities - Prevention; Humanitarian intervention
• 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: Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I The concept of R2P; 1 From sovereign responsibility to R2P; 2 The Responsibility to Prevent: toward a strategy; 3 The Responsibility to React; 4 The Responsibility to Rebuild; 5 The challenges facing R2P implementation; 6 What is right with R2P?; PART II Developing and operationalising R2P; 7 Operationalising protective intervention: alternative models of authorisation; 8 Who should act? Collective responsibility and the Responsibility to Protect; 9 Mobilising the troops: generating the political will to act10 Leadership and the Responsibility to Protect; 11 R2P and natural disasters; 12 The Responsibility to Protect and child soldiers; 13 Securing consistency for consistent security: gender and the Responsibility to Protect; 14 Making R2P work: now and in the future; PART III The view from over here; 15 Paper tiger or platform for action? South Asia and the Responsibility to Protect; 16 The economic community of West African States and the Responsibility to Protect; 17 Evaluating the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect in East Africa18 Southeast Asia: between non-interference and sovereignty as responsibility; 19 R2P in the Middle East and North Africa; 20 Concluding thoughts; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This Handbook offers a comprehensive examination of the Responsibility to Protect norm in world politics, which aims to end mass atrocities against civilians. The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is amongst the most significant norms in global politics. As the authoritative guide to R2P, this edited volume gathers together the most respected and insightful voices to address key issues related to this emerging norm. The contributing authors do this over the course of three parts:Part I: The Concept of R2PPart II: Developing and Operationalisin