The Purpose of Intervention : : Changing Beliefs about the Use of Force / / Martha Finnemore.

Violence or the potential for violence is a fact of human existence. Many societies, including our own, reward martial success or skill at arms. The ways in which members of a particular society use force reveal a great deal about the nature of authority within the group and about its members'...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2013]
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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
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Physical Description:1 online resource (184 p.) :; 14 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Purpose of Force
  • 2. Sovereign Default and Military Intervention
  • 3. Changing Norms of Humanitarian Intervention
  • 4. Intervention and International Order
  • 5. How Purpose Changes
  • Appendix: Measuring Material Distribution of Power
  • Index