02985nam 2200625 a 450 991078122940332120200520144314.00-7486-7203-61-283-13313-X97866131331370-7486-3698-610.1515/9780748636983(CKB)2550000000036858(EBL)714139(OCoLC)730151834(SSID)ssj0000523300(PQKBManifestationID)11319491(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000523300(PQKBWorkID)10542460(PQKB)10969155(StDuBDS)EDZ0000092824(Au-PeEL)EBL714139(CaPaEBR)ebr10477145(CaONFJC)MIL313313(DE-B1597)614145(DE-B1597)9780748636983(MiAaPQ)EBC714139(OCoLC)1302164675(EXLCZ)99255000000003685820110520d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHumanitarian intervention and the United Nations[electronic resource] /Norrie MacQueenEdinburgh Edinburgh University Pressc20111 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7486-3696-X 0-7486-3697-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.CONTENTS; UNITED NATIONS MILITARY INTERVENTIONS SINCE 1948; ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS; PRELIMINARIES; 1 EVOLUTION: INTERVENTION AND HUMANITARIANISM FROM COLLECTIVE SECURITY TO PEACEKEEPING; 2 AFTER THE COLD WAR: A NEW WORLD ORDER?; 3 SOVEREIGNTY AND COMMUNITY: A 'RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT'?; 4 AFRICA: POST-COLONIAL INTERVENTION AMIDST FRAGILE STATEHOOD; 5 HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION AND COERCIVE ACTION: THE BALKANS; 6 A MODEL INTERVENTION? THE BIRTH OF TIMOR LESTE; 7 IS IT WORTH IT? SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN UN INTERVENTION; FURTHER READING; INDEXA concise and analytical overview of the theoretical and moral issues raised by humanitarian intervention, relating this to the recent historical record.Divided into two parts, it will first explore the setting of contemporary humanitarian interventions in world politics and in political philosophy. It will ask what went wrong with the post-cold war settlement and will track the transition of UN peacekeeping from the cold war to the post-cold war period. The more philosophical aspects of humanitarian intervention will then be explored, along with the inter-linked roles of the media and public Humanitarian interventionHumanitarian intervention.341.48/1MacQueen Norrie1950-596137MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781229403321Humanitarian intervention and the United Nations3694744UNINA