Sovereignty and the Responsibility to Protect [electronic resource] : A New History
Glanville, Luke.
In 2011, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1973, authorizing its member states to take measures to protect Libyan civilians from Muammar Gadhafi's forces. In invoking the "responsibility to protect," the resolution draws on the principle that sovereign states are responsible and accountable to the international community for the protection of their populations and that the international community can act to protect populations when national authorities fail to do so. The idea that sovereignty includes the responsibility to protect is often seen as a departure from the clas
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction ; Chapter One. The Social Construction of Sovereign Responsibilities; Chapter Two. Sovereignty in Early Modern Europe ; Chapter Three. The Rise of Popular Sovereignty ; Chapter Four. Sovereignty and the Non-European World; Chapter Five. Sovereignty after the Second World War; Chapter Six. The Rise of the Responsibility to Protect; Conclusion ; Notes; References; Index
In 2011, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1973, authorizing its member states to take measures to protect Libyan civilians from Muammar Gadhafi's forces. In invoking the "responsibility to protect," the resolution draws on the principle that sovereign states are responsible and accountable to the international community for the protection of their populations and that the international community can act to protect populations when national authorities fail to do so. The idea that sovereignty includes the responsibility to protect is often seen as a departure from the clas
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Government accountability.
Protectorates.
Sovereignty.
Sovereignty
Protectorates
Government accountability
Political Science
Law, Politics & Government
Political Theory of the State