Argument and change in world politics : ethics, decolonization, and humanitarian intervention / Neta C. Crawford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crawford, Neta, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 81.

Cambridge studies in international relations ; 81

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations--Moral and ethical aspects.

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 466 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Argument & Change in World Politics

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Arguments have consequences in world politics that are as real as the military forces of states or the balance of power among them. Neta Crawford proposes a theory of argument in world politics which focuses on the role of ethical arguments in fostering changes in long-standing practices. She examines five hundred years of history, analyzing the role of ethical arguments in colonialism, the abolition of slavery and forced labour, and decolonization. Pointing out that decolonization is the biggest change in world politics in the last five hundred years, the author examines ethical arguments from the sixteenth century justifying Spanish conquest of the Americas, and from the twentieth century over the fate of Southern Africa. The book also offers a prescriptive analysis of how ethical arguments could be deployed to deal with the problem of humanitarian intervention. Co-winner of the APSA Jervis-Schroeder Prize for the best book on international history and politics.

Contents:

1. Argument, belief, and culture

2. Ethical argument and argument analysis

3. Colonial arguments

4. Decolonizing bodies: ending slavery and denormalizing forced labor

5. Faces of humanitarianism, rivers of blood

6. Sacred trust

7. Self-determination

8. Alternative explanations, counterfactuals, and causation

9. Poiesis and praxis: toward ethical world politics.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 440-456) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-12306-2

1-280-43322-1

0-511-17747-X

0-511-02092-9

0-511-14783-X

0-511-33011-1

0-511-49130-1

0-511-04783-5

OCLC:

475917911