| Justifying Violence: Communicative Ethics and the Use of Force in Kosovo Contributor(s): Head, Naomi (Author) |
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ISBN: 0719083079 ISBN-13: 9780719083075 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - Arms Control - Political Science | Peace - Political Science | International Relations - Diplomacy |
| Dewey: 327.117 |
| Series: New Approaches to Conflict Analysis |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.00 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When is the use of force for humanitarian purposes legitimate? The 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. Justifying Violence 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. Drawing on the theory of communicative ethics, the book develops an innovative conceptual framework which contributes a critical communicative dimension to the question of legitimacy that extends beyond the moral and legal approaches so often applied to the intervention in Kosovo. The empirical application of communicative ethics offers a provocative and nuanced account which contests conventional interpretations of the legitimacy of NATO's intervention. |
