03245nam 2200673Ia 450 991077805530332120230721022119.01-135-25685-31-282-32485-397866123248570-203-87391-2(CKB)1000000000773583(EBL)446750(OCoLC)442949442(SSID)ssj0000191189(PQKBManifestationID)11183594(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000191189(PQKBWorkID)10181705(PQKB)10790105(MiAaPQ)EBC446750(Au-PeEL)EBL446750(CaPaEBR)ebr10320432(CaONFJC)MIL232485(OCoLC)437143045(EXLCZ)99100000000077358320090128d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLegitimising the use of force in international politics[electronic resource] Kosovo, Iraq and the ethics of intervention /Corneliu BjolaMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York Routledgec20091 online resource (234 p.)Contemporary Security StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-61924-6 0-415-49255-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThis 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 cirContemporary Security StudiesIntervention (International law)Humanitarian interventionBalkan PeninsulaIraq War, 2003-2011Kosovo War, 1998-1999Participation, ForeignIntervention (International law)Humanitarian interventionIraq War, 2003-2011.Kosovo War, 1998-1999Participation, Foreign.172/.42Bjola Corneliu1503606MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778055303321Legitimising the use of force in international politics3732128UNINA