World orders in the making
Subtitle: humanitarian intervention and beyond
By: edited by Jan Nederveen Pieterse.
Contributors: Nederveen Pieterse, Jan.; Institute of Social Studies (Netherlands)
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Humanitarian assistance.
Description: Humanitarian action confronts us with the dilemmas of international relations in the age of globalization. The approach in this book is holistic, comparative and analytical. Humanitarian intervention is considered from the point of view of political economy, public administration, international relations, international law, the military, political theory, sociology, culture and media studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Based on an international symposium ... held at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague in February 1996"--Pref.
"First published in Great Britain 1998 by Macmillan Press Ltd., Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire"--T.P. verso.