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Justifying violence : communicative ethics and the use of force in Kosovo / Naomi Head.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Head, Naomi, author.
- Series:
- New approaches to conflict analysis.
- New approaches to conflict analysis
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Humanitarian intervention--Kosovo (Republic).
- Humanitarian intervention.
- Communication in international relations.
- Operation Allied Force, 1999--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Operation Allied Force, 1999.
- Just war doctrine.
- Kosovo War, 1998-1999.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 236 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- When is the use of force for humanitarian purposes legitimate? This book examines this question through one of the most controversial examples of humanitarian intervention in the post Cold War period: the 1999 NATO intervention in Kosovo. It applies a critical theoretical approach to an interrogation of the communicative practices which underpin claims to legitimacy for the use of force by actors in international politics.
- Contents:
- Justifying Violence: Communicative ethics and the use of force in Kosovo
- Half Title Page
- New Approaches to Conflict Analysis
- Title Page
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- A NOTE ON TERMINOLOGY
- Introduction
- I. READING KOSOVO: LEGITIMACY AND JUSTIFICATION
- 1. Locating Kosovo and legitimacy
- 2. Putting out the fire while the coals still burn: Kosovo prior to 1999
- 3. Communicative action in International Relations
- II. COMMUNICATIVE ETHICS AND THE USE OF FORCE
- 4. The Habermasian project: dialogue as normative grounds and object of critique
- 5. The communicative imperatives
- 6. Applying the communicative imperatives: debating Kosovo
- 7. Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 22, 2026).
- ISBN:
- 1-5261-3023-8
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