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Autore: |
MacQueen Norrie <1950->
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Titolo: |
Humanitarian intervention and the United Nations [[electronic resource] /] / Norrie MacQueen
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Pubblicazione: | Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina: | 341.48/1 |
Soggetto topico: | Humanitarian intervention |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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; INDEX |
Sommario/riassunto: | A 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Humanitarian intervention and the United Nations ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-7486-7203-6 |
1-283-13313-X | |
9786613133137 | |
0-7486-3698-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910457021103321 |
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