Justifying interventions in Africa : (de)stabilizing sovereignty in Liberia, Burundi and the Congo / Nina Wilén.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilén, Nina

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sovereignty--Case studies.

Sovereignty.

Intervention (International law)--Case studies.

Intervention (International law).

Politics and government.

International relations.

Congo (Democratic Republic).

Burundi.

Liberia.

Liberia--Foreign relations.

Liberia--Politics and government--1980-.

Burundi--Foreign relations.

Burundi--Politics and government--1993-.

Congo (Democratic Republic)--Foreign relations.

Democratic Republic of the Congo--Politics and government--21st century.

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xi, 225 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2012]

Summary:

Nina Wilén answers the paradoxical question of how to stabilize a state through external intervention without destabilizing sovereignty. She examines the justifications for international and regional interventions in the cases of Liberia, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Book jacket.

Contents:

The study of sovereignty, intervention and peace operations in international relations

Analysing a moving target : the complex concept of sovereignty

Intervention, justifications and interpretations : the case of ECOWAS in Liberia

Sanctions, justifications and reactions : the case of the regional initiative in Burundi

Intervention, justifications and interpretations : the case of SADC in Congo

Capacity-building and local ownership : indicators of sovereignty?

(De)Stabilization : so what? : An analyis of the political consequences of the interventions on a regional and international level

Concluding remarks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-218) and index.

ISBN:

9780230313989

0230313981

OCLC:

785808906