Legitimising the use of force in international politics : Kosovo, Iraq and the ethics of intervention / Corneliu Bjola.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bjola, Corneliu.

Series:

Contemporary Security Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intervention (International law).

Humanitarian intervention--Balkan Peninsula.

Humanitarian intervention.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Kosovo War, 1998-1999--Participation, Foreign.

Kosovo War, 1998-1999.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book aims to examine the conditions under which the decision to use force can be reckoned as legitimate in international relations. Drawing on communicative action theory, it provides a provocative answer to the hotly contested question of how to understand the legitimacy of the use of force in international politics.The use of force is one of the most critical and controversial aspects of international politics. Scholars and policy-makers have long tried to develop meaningful standards capable of restricting the use of force to a legally narrow yet morally defensible set of cir

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 The concept of legitimacy in international relations; 2 The moral legitimacy of the use of force; 3 The legal legitimacy of the use of force; 4 The deliberative legitimacy of the use of force; 5 Humanitarianism revisited: The NATO intervention in Kosovo; 6 Defensive necessity versus war of choice: The United States-led military action against Iraq; 7 Conclusions: Institutionalizing deliberative legitimacy; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-25685-3

1-282-32485-3

9786612324857

0-203-87391-2

9780203873915

OCLC:

442949442