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Legitimising the Use of Force in International Politics

Corneliu Bjola
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      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 circumstances. However, these standards have recently been challenged by concerns over how the international community should react to gross human rights abuses or to terrorist threats. This book argues that current legal and moral standards on the use of force are unable to effectively deal with these challenges. The author argues that the concept of 'deliberative legitimacy', understood as the non-coerced commitment of an actor to abide by a decision reached through a process of communicative action, offers the most appropriate framework for addressing this problem. The theoretical originality and empirical value of the concept of deliberative legitimacy comes fully into force with the examination of two of the most severe international crises from the post Cold War period: the 1999 NATO intervention in Kosovo and the 2003 US military action against Iraq.This book will be of much interest to students of international security, ethics, international law, discourse theory and IR.Corneliu Bjola is SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow with the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto, and has a PhD in International Relations.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Corneliu Bjola EAN: 9780415492553 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 492 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2009-07-09 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International) WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Peace studies and conflict resolution, Armed conflict, Warfare and defence

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      Corneliu Bjola is SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow with the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto.
      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 circumstances. However, these standards have recently been challenged by concerns over how the international community should react to gross human rights abuses or to terrorist threats. This book argues that current legal and moral standards on the use of force are unable to effectively deal with these challenges. The author argues that the concept of 'deliberative legitimacy', understood as the non-coerced commitment of an actor to abide by a decision reached through a process of communicative action, offers the most appropriate framework for addressing this problem. The theoretical originality and empirical value of the concept of deliberative legitimacy comes fully into force with the examination of two of the most severe international crises from the post Cold War period: the 1999 NATO intervention in Kosovo and the 2003 US military action against Iraq.This book will be of much interest to students of international security, ethics, international law, discourse theory and IR.Corneliu Bjola is SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow with the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto, and has a PhD in International Relations.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Corneliu Bjola EAN: 9780415492553 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 492 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2009-07-09 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International) WIDTH: 156 cm SPINE:

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      Peace studies and conflict resolution, Armed conflict, Warfare and defence

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      Corneliu Bjola is SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow with the Centre for Ethics at the University of Toronto.

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