Values and Weapons
From Humanitarian Intervention to Regime Change?
Published on 12. April 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
VIII, 201 pages
978-1-349-54121-8 (ISBN)
Description
Values and Weapons looks at the determinants of legitimacy for using military force in the US and Europe. Sovereignty has been redefined to be conditional on democratic government, and this makes it much easier to intervene into non-democratic states.
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Edition
1st ed. 2006
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
VIII, 201 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
274 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-54121-8 (9781349541218)
DOI
10.1057/9780230599734
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04/2006
Palgrave Macmillan
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Person
JANNE HAALAND MATLARY is Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science at the University of Oslo, Norway. She was Deputy Foreign Minister for Norway from 1997-2000. She has previously published two books with Palgrave Macmillan,
Energy Policy in the European Union
(1997) and
Intervention for Human Rights in Europe
(2002).
Content
Acknowledgements Introduction: The Rules of the Game Conditional Sovereignty: Changes in and Fragmentation of State Sovereignty The Non-Intervention Norm and Intervention Practice in the 1990s The Changing Intervention Norm: The Realpolitik of Human Rights Legitimacy in Europe: Multilateral and UN-Based Legitimacy in the USA: National Interests and Values Differing Legitimacy: United over Kosovo and Afghanistan, Divided over Iraq 'Failed' States and Terrorism: The Good Meets the Expedient? 'Humanitarian' Intervention: Assessment of Normative Change Intervention for 'Regime Change': Assessment of Normative Change Conclusions Bibliography Index