Humanitarian Intervention

Thomas G. Weiss (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

248 Seiten

2012 | 2nd Revised edition
Polity Press (Verlag)
978-0-7456-5980-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Fully revised and updated to include events in Libya, Afghanistan and the Ivory Coast, the second edition of this popular and well respected book introduces students to the theory, practice and current challenges of humanitarian intervention in the contemporary world.

Autor

Thomas G. Weiss is presidential professor of political science and director of the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at the City University of New York Graduate Center.

Inhalt

About the Author vi Foreword to the Second Edition by Gareth Evans viii Preface and Acknowledgments xiii List of Abbreviations xviii Introduction 1 1 Conceptual Building Blocks 6 2 "Humanitarian" Interventions: Thumbnail Sketches 34 3 New Wars and New Humanitarianisms 66 4 New Thinking: The Responsibility to Protect 97 5 So What? Moving from Rhetoric to Reality 133 Notes 174 Selected Readings 210 Index 215

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.3.2012
• Reihe/Serie: War and Conflict in the Modern World
• Vorwort: Gareth Evans
• Zusatzinfo: black & white illustrations
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 143 x 222 mm
• Gewicht: 438 g
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-7456-5980-2 / 0745659802
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-5980-0 / 9780745659800
• Zustand: Neuware