Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention in the 21st Century / / Aiden Warren, Damian Grenfell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Warren, Aiden,; Grenfell, Damian,
• MitwirkendeR: Allen, Susan H.,; Battersby, Paul,; Bode, Ingvild,; Cox, Michaelene,; Everill, Bronwen,; Fraser, Trudy,; Grenfell, Damian,; Harris, Vandra,; Hongoh, Joseph,; James, Paul,; Richmond, Oliver P.,; Warren, Aiden,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (332 p.)

Examines the complex ethics and politics of humanitarian interventionSince the Cold War, humanitarian interventions have transitioned through a range of stages. These 13 essays focus on the challenges associated with interventions, conflict and attendant human rights violations, unmitigated and systematic violence, state re-building, and issues associated with human mobility and dislocation. Each chapter is linked to the rest through three defining themes that permeate the book: the evolution of humanitarian interventions in a global era; the limits of sovereignty and the ethics of interventions; and the politics of post-intervention: (re)-building and humanitarian engagement.Key FeaturesIncorporates case studies including Kosovo, Timor-Leste, Syria, Libya and IraqExamines the complex issues of the morality and legality of international interventions; non-military interventions (sanctions and aid); humanitarian intervention and Responsibility to Protect (R2P)

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction -- Part I The Evolution of Humanitarian Interventions in a Global Era -- 1 Rethinking Humanitarian-Military Interventions: Violence and Modernity in an Age of Globalisation -- 2 Peace in the Twenty-First Century: States, Capital and Institutions -- 3 The Evolution of Economic Interventions and the Violence of International Accountability over the longue durée -- 4 Changing Patterns of Social Connection across Interventions: Unravelling Aberrant Globalisation -- Part II The Limits of Sovereignty and the Ethics of Interventions -- 5 A Framework for Reimagining Order and Justice: Transitions in Violence and Interventions in a Global Era -- 6 Humanitarian Intervention? Responding Ethically to Globalising Violence in the Age of Mediated Violence -- 7 ‘Manifestly Failing’ and ‘Unwilling or Unable’ as Intervention Formulas: A Critical Assessment -- 8 Interventions and the Limits of the Responsibility to Protect: Regional Organisations and the Global South -- 9 Regulating the Abstraction of Violence: Interventions and the Deployment of New Technologies Globally -- Part III The Politics of Post-intervention (Re-)Building and Humanitarian Engagement -- 10 (Re-)Building the World: Local Agency and Human Security in the New Millennium -- 11 Who Rebuilds? Local Roles in Rebuilding Shattered Societies -- 12 Transforming the Discourse of Civil-Military Interaction in Humanitarian Environments -- Index