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Critical Perspectives on the Responsibility to Protect : Interrogating Theory and Practice.

This edited volume critically examines the widely supported doctrine of the 'Responsibility to Protect', and investigates the claim that it embodies progressive values in international politics. Since the United Nations World Summit of 2005, a remarkable consensus has emerged in support of...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cunliffe, Philip
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Critical Perspectives on theResponsibility to ProtectInterrogating theory and practice; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; Part I: The responsibility to protect: history and politics; 2. The skeleton in the closet: the responsibility to protect in history; 3. Understanding the gap between the promise and reality of the responsibility to protect; 4. The responsibility to protect and the end of the Western century; Part II: The responsibility to protect: international law and order; 5. A dangerous duty: power, paternalism and the global 'duty of care'
  • 6. Responsibility to peace: a critique of R2P7. The responsibility to protect and international law; Part III: The responsibility to protect in Africa; 8. The irresponsibility of the responsibility to protect in Africa; 9. Responsibility to protect or right to punish?; Index.