Research Catalog

Title

Libya, the responsibility to protect and the future of humanitarian intervention / edited by Aidan Hehir, University of Westminster, UK and Robert Murray, University of Alberta, Canada.

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

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Additional Authors

• Hehir, Aidan, 1977-
• Murray, Robert

Description

xi, 240 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"This book brings together internationally renowned academics from Europe and North America offering a uniquely comprehensive and timely analysis of the intervention in Libya in 2011. The military intervention in Libya in March 2011 generated heated debate internationally and reinvigorated interest in humanitarian intervention. The action was widely heralded as a surprisingly robust and effective response to a looming mass atrocity. This volume critically analyses the intervention and challenges the dominant positive narrative, especially the ostensibly causal role played by the 'Responsiblity to Protect' doctrine (R2P). The contributors assess the Libyan intervention in the context of a number of contemporary trends and ongoing debates and argue that the manner in which the intervention was sanctioned, prosecuted and justified has a number of troubling implications for both the future of humanitarian intervention and international peace and security. This edited collection includes contributions from Professor Alex de Waal (Tufts University, USA), Dr Eric Heinze (University of Oklahoma, USA), Professor Tom Keating (University of Alberta, Canada), Professor Alan Kuperman (University of Texas at Austin, USA), Professor Kim Richard Nossal (Queen's University, Canada), Dr Theresa Reinold (Social Science Research Centre Berlin, Germany) and Dr Brent Steele (University of Kansas, USA). "--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Subjects

• Libya
• Diplomatic relations
• Politics and government
• History
• Libya > History > Civil War, 2011-
• Libya > Politics and government > 21st century
• Libya > Foreign relations > 1969-
• Since 1969
• Civil War (Libya : 2011-)
• Humanitarian intervention > Libya

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

-- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures and Tables -- 1. Introduction: Libya and the Responsibility to Protect; Aidan Hehir -- 2. Humanitarianism, Responsibility or Rationality? Evaluating Intervention as State Strategy; Robert W. Murray -- 3. The Responsibility to Protect as the Apotheosis of Liberal Teleology; Aidan Hehir -- 4. 'My Fears, Alas, Were Not Unfounded:' Africa's Responses to the Libya Conflict; Alex de Waal -- 5. Africa's Emerging Regional Security Culture and the Intervention in Libya; Theresa Reinold -- 6. The Use -- and Misuse -- of R2P: the Case of Canada; Kim Richard Nossal -- 7. The (D)evolution of a Norm: R2P, the Bosnia Generation and Humanitarian Intervention in Libya; Eric A. Heinze and Brent J. Steele -- 8. The UN Security Council on Libya: Legitimation or Dissimulation?; Tom Keating -- 9. NATO's Intervention in Libya: A Humanitarian Success?; Alan Kuperman -- 10. Conclusion: The Responsibility to Protect after Libya; Robert W. Murray.

Call Number

JFD 15-3828

ISBN

• 9781137273949 (hardback)
• 1137273941 (hardback)

LCCN

• 2013014628
• 40022449242

OCLC

880337768

Title

Libya, the responsibility to protect and the future of humanitarian intervention / edited by Aidan Hehir, University of Westminster, UK and Robert Murray, University of Alberta, Canada.

Publisher

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Type of Content

texte

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

Since 1969

Added Author

Hehir, Aidan, 1977- editor.

Murray, Robert, editor.

Other Standard Identifier

40022449242

Research Call Number

JFD 15-3828