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Humanitarian intervention

confronting the contradictions

Michael Newman

Buch

englisch

Newman, Michael (Verfasser/-in) DNB

Hurst & Company

London

2009

246 p.

978-1-85065-974-7

intervention
human rights
cold war
developing countries
liberalism

Summary

Humanitarian Intervention : Confronting the Contradictions
by Newman, Michael




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If a state carries out or sanctions atrocities on a mass scale within its borders, is there an international right, or even a duty, to intervene in support of the victims? Or does this notion undermine state sovereignty at the expense of weaker states? These are key questions in the debate on humanitarian intervention, which has become increasingly polarised in the twenty-first century. Many now view this as little more than a rationale for Western neo-imperialism, while others uphold it as a crusade for liberal democracy and individual rights.

Table of Contents

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Acknowledgements p. viii
List of Abbreviations p. x
List of Boxes p. xiii
Introduction p. 1
1 The Cold War Era-Non-Intervention or a Humanitarian Exception p. 7
Non-Intervention and the Post-War Settlement p. 8
International Law: Constraints on Sovereignty? p. 11
Defending Non-Intervention p. 17
a Non-Intervention and the Inside Face of Sovereignty p. 17
b Non-Intervention from an International Perspective: The Outside Face of Sovereignty p. 25
Intervention and Non-Intervention in Practice p. 28
2 The Post-Cold War Transformation p. 38
Attitudes towards Democracy, Human Rights and Sovereignty p. 39
International Institutions and Peace-Building p. 42
Democratisation and the Development of an International Human Rights Regime p. 44
Humanitarian Intervention p. 49
Part 1 Cases p. 49
Part 2 Arguments p. 69
a Ethics and New Norms p. 69
b International Social Conflict p. 71
c Progressive Social Values p. 73
Conclusion p. 77
3 Human Rights, Humanitarianism and Intervention p. 80
Human Rights, Regime Change and Humanitarian Intervention p. 84
Regime Change p. 84
Human Rights Violations or Humanitarian Violations? p. 87
Humanitarianism p. 93
The Traditional View: Humanitarianism as the Antithesis of Politics and Violence p. 94
The Perennial Dilemmas of Humanitarian Organizations p. 98
Rethinking Humanitarianism p. 104
Conclusion p. 109
4 Inhumanity and Liberalism p. 111
Neo-liberalism and Violent Conflict p. 112
Ethnic Conflict and Market Dominant Minorities p. 116
Global Governance and New Wars p. 118
Transitions and Violence p. 119
Policy Prescriptions: The Liberal Peace p. 121
Angola p. 124
Rwanda p. 126
Conclusion p. 137
5 After Intervention p. 138
International Administration or Liberal Imperialism? p. 140
International Governmental Regimes: Three Case Studies p. 145
Bosnia-Herzegovina p. 145
Kosovo p. 155
East Timor/Timor-Leste p. 163
Assessments and Lessons p. 176
6 The Responsibility to Protect p. 181
Re-Thinking Humanitarian Intervention: Conceptual Issues p. 182
Development and Human Security p. 183
The Responsibility to Protect p. 188
Just Wars p. 192
Right Intention p. 196
Right Authority p. 198
A New Commitment or New Words? p. 201
Conclusion p. 211
Afterword: Facing the Future-Humanitarianism and Politics p. 213
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