Morality of peacekeeping / Daniel H. Levine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levine, Daniel H., author.

Series:

Studies in global justice and human rights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations--Peacekeeping forces.

United Nations.

Peacekeeping forces.

United Nations--Armed Forces.

Armed Forces.

Peacekeeping forces--Moral and ethical aspects.

Peace--Moral and ethical aspects.

Peace.

Conflict management.

International police.

Political violence--Moral and ethical aspects.

Political violence.

Humanitarian intervention--Moral and ethical aspects.

Humanitarian intervention.

Intervention (International law)--Moral and ethical aspects.

Intervention (International law).

Civil war.

Physical Description:

xiii, 362 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]

Summary:

The increasing prominence of non-traditional warfare since the end of the Cold War has prompted an extensive re-thinking of the morality of war. Whilst counterinsurgency and counterterrorism campaigns tend to grab the headlines, peacekeeping continues to be an important international tool for responding to conflicts and protecting individuals from human rights abuses. Peacekeeping missions raise a number of difficult moral and practical questions. They are charged with the seemingly paradoxical task of using military force to achieve reconciliation among populations that have been split-apart by conflict and are often traumatized by atrocities. This book argues that peacekeeping is morally distinct from warfighting, policing, and governance, asserting that the 'holy trinity' of peacekeeping principles - consent, impartiality, and minimum use of force - still provide the best guide to its morality. Daniel H. Levine uses insights from care ethics as well as extensive interviews with peacekeepers in the field, predominantly from Africa and India, to develop the idea that peacekeepers have no enemies and should be seeking to bring even abusive actors into a Kantian 'Kingdom of ends'. Cases discussed include Darfur, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, and Liberia. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I General Considerations

1 Introduction 3

2 A Normative Framework for Peacekeeping 20

Part II The Holy Trinity

3 Consent 73

4 Impartiality 102

5 Minimum Use of Force (A): Resort to Force 132

6 Minimum Use of Force (B): Peacekeeper Violence 193

Part III Protecting Civilians

7 Protection and Vulnerability 215

8 Protection of Civilians from Non-enemies: A Case Study of MONUC Support to Kimia E in the DRC 258

9 Protecting with Civilians 287

10 Conclusion 323

Part IV Appendices

A List of Acronyms 329

B Interviews 333.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-357) and index.

ISBN:

0748675892

9780748675890

OCLC:

841495110