1st Edition

Democracy and Intervention

By John Macmillan Copyright 2010
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

This book develops a systematic understanding of the conceptual, ethical, political and theoretical dimensions of intervention in an empirical/historical context.  More specifically, the book aims to provide advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students with a systematic and critical understanding of ‘intervention/non-intervention’ through examination of the doctrine's conceptual,... Read more

1. Introduction  A. Concepts and Debates  2. The Conceptual Bases of Intervention & Non-Intervention in International Society  3. The Ethics of Intervention  4. Intervention as Governance  B. Continuity and Change in the History of Democratic State Intervention  5. Intervention between the Powers: Revolution and Post-War Reconstruction  6. The Imperial Age: Competition, Capital and Conscience in the Expansion of the European system  7. The Cold War: The Defence of Interests in the Age of Nationalism and Ideological Contest  8. The 1990s: The Humanitarianism Moment  9. The 2000s: Terror and Regime Change  C. Intervention and Governance in the Global Political System  10. Humanitarianism and Human Rights: The Use of Force Reviewed  11. Terror: The Use of Force Reviewed  12. Conclusions

Biography

John MacMillan is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Brunel University, UK.