The UN Security Council and the Politics of International Auth
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- Published by: Taylor & Francis(i)
- eBook Publish Date: March 04, 2008
- Print ISBN: 0415775280
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Observes how the growth of the political authority of the Council challenges the basic idea that states have legal autonomy over their domestic affairs. The individual essays survey the implications that flow from these developments in the crucial policy areas of: terrorism; economic sanctions; the prosecution of war crimes; human rights; humanitarian intervention; and the use of force. In each of these areas, the evidence shows a complex and fluid relation between state sovereignty, the power of the United Nations, and the politics of international legitimation. Demonstrating how world politics has come to accommodate the contradictory institutions of international authority and international anarchy, this book makes an important contribution to how we understand and study international organizations and international law. Written by leading experts in the field, this volume will be of strong interest to students and scholars of international relations, international organizations, international law and global governanc
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Bio of Bruce Cronin
Bruce Cronin is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the Master's Program in International Relations at the City College of New York, USA. He is the author of Institutions for the Common Good: International Protection Regimes in International Society and Community Under Anarchy: Transnational Identity and the Evolution of Cooperation
Bio of Ian Hurd
Ian Hurd is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University, USA. He is the author of After Anarchy: Legitimacy and Power in the UN Security Council
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Imprint
Taylor & Francis
Filesize
1.20 MB
Number of Pages
249
eBook ISBN
9781102165026
