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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821945603321

Autore

Levine Daniel H

Titolo

The Morality of peacekeeping / / Daniel H. Levine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, Scotland : , : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7486-9719-5

0-7486-7590-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Collana

Studies in Global Justice and Human Rights EUP

Studies in global justice and human rights

Disciplina

327.172

Soggetti

Peacekeeping forces - Moral and ethical aspects

Peace - Moral and ethical aspects

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

Title page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Part I  General Considerations ; Chapter 1 Introduction ; Chapter 2 A Normative Framework for Peacekeeping ; Part II  The Holy Trinity ; Chapter 3 Consent ; Chapter 4 Impartiality ; Chapter 5 Minimum Use of Force (A): Resort to Force ; Chapter 6 Minimum Use of Force (B): Peacekeeper Violence ; Part III  Protecting Civilians ; Chapter 7 Protection and Vulnerability ; Chapter 8 Protection of Civilians from  Non-enemies: A Case Study of MONUC Support to Kimia II in the DRC; Chapter 9 Protecting with Civilians ; Chapter 10 Conclusion

Part IV  Appendices Appendix A ; Appendix B ; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Peacekeeping, peace enforcement and ""stability operations"" ask soldiers to use violence to create peace, defeat armed threats while having no enemies and uphold human rights without taking sides. The justice of ""humanitarian intervention"" and ""the responsibility to protect"" fascinates analysts and practitioners alike when the world is watching crises unfold and wondering whether to step in. But once the cavalry has been sent in -- often funded by wealthy nations, but with individuals from the developing world on the ground -- less attention is paid to the moral challenges peacekeepers fa