Force and Legitimacy in World Politics /

Force and Legitimacy in World Politics / edited by David Armstrong, Theo Farrell and Bice Maiguashca - Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - iv, 266 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / David Armstrong and Theo Farrell -- Legitimacy and the use of force : can the circle be squared? / Andrew Hurrell -- Legality and legitimacy : the quest for principled flexibility and restraint / Richard Falk -- Not yet havoc : geopolitical change and the international rules on military force / Michael Byers -- Liberal hierarchy and the licence to use force / Christian Reus-Smit -- The age of liberal wars / Lawrence Freedman -- Force, legitimacy, success and Iraq / John Mueller -- War and international relations : a military historical perspective on force and legitimacy / Jeremy Black -- The judgement of war : on the idea of legitimate force in world politics / Nicholas Rengger -- Discourses of difference : civilians, combatants and compliance with the laws of war / Helen M. Kinsella -- Fights about rules : the role of efficacy and power in changing multilateralism / Martha Finnemore -- Peacekeeping and enforcement action in Africa : the role of Europe and the obligations of multilateralism / Christine Gray -- Identity, legitimacy and the use of military force : Russia's Great Power identities and military intervention in Abkhazia / Ted Hopf -- Dead or alive : American vengeance goes global / Michael Sherry.

Special issue of Review of international studies, v.31, December 2005.

0521691648

2007272858


Intervention (International law)
Security, International.
Iraq War, 2003---Moral and ethical aspects.
International relations.
World politics.
International organization.

JZ6385 / .F67 2005

327.117 / FOR