Just and unjust interventions in world politics : public and private / Catherine Lu.

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Author / Creator:Lu, Catherine, 1969-
Imprint:Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Description:x, 213 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Global issues series
Global issues series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5895127
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ISBN:1403989478 (hbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-207) and index.
Standard no.:9781403989475 (hbk.)
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Introduction
  • In the name of humanity?
  • Bridging the divides
  • The plan of the book
  • 2. Public and Private: Towards Conceptual Clarification
  • 'Public' and 'private' in international relations
  • The 'public' in international and global societies
  • The private lives of states
  • Caveats
  • Conclusion
  • 3. Realism and the Tyranny of the Private
  • Introduction
  • Private states, atomistic world
  • The social construction of necessity
  • National interest and the public interest
  • Conclusion
  • 4. Sovereignty as Privacy
  • Introduction
  • The state as a private home
  • Community, humanity and intervention
  • Areas of disanalogy
  • Conclusion
  • 5. The One and Many Faces of Cosmopolitanism
  • Introduction
  • Critiques of cosmopolitanism
  • Re-imagining cosmopolitanism
  • Cosmopolitan unity and diversity
  • Conclusion
  • 6. Cosmopolitanism, Liberalism and Intervention
  • Introduction
  • Claims of common humanity: An agency-based view
  • Sovereignty as responsibility: Cosmopolitan intimations in international law
  • Social and cosmopolitan liberalism on human rights and intervention
  • Conclusion
  • 7. Cosmopolitan Humanitarianism and the Use of Force
  • Introduction
  • 'Humanitarian intervention': A caveat
  • Cosmopolitan humanitarianism: Problems of private agency and accountability
  • The use of force: Legitimacy challenges for international law and community
  • Conclusion
  • 8. Conclusion
  • Public and private worlds
  • 'Humanitarian intervention' and the faces of global justice
  • In the name of humanity, again
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index