John Janzekovic

The Use of Force in Humanitarian Intervention

Morality and Practicalities

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Produktbeschreibung

Humanitarian intervention is a many layered and complex concept. This study analyzes the various ethical positions, particularly consequentialism, welfare-utilitarianism and just war theory to unravel this intricate topic.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 156mm x 232mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9781138357662
• ISBN-10: 1138357669
• Artikelnr.: 63657191

Autorenporträt

Dr John Janzekovic is lecturer in international relations and Australian politics at the University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) in Queensland, Australia, and lecturer in Australian and Asia Pacific politics at Vaxjo University in Sweden. John has 22 years military experience and prior to entering academia he was Officer-in-Charge and Head of School at the Royal Australian Airforce (RAAF) B707 and C-130 Hercules School at RAAF Richmond, Australia and the F-111 Strategic Strike and Reconnaissance Aircraft School at RAAF Amberley, Australia. John's specialist research areas include international and humanitarian law, interventionist politics, peace and conflict studies, military ethics, and terrorism. He is an invited speaker on humanitarian intervention and terrorism at the Australasian Political Studies Association conferences. John is editor for the theme 'Humanitarian Intervention' in the academic journal Social Alternatives and he is on the editorial board for the Australasian Journal of Human Security.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: List of maps and figures
Preface
Introduction
Ethical reasoning and moral principles
Plausible interventionist strategies
Humanitarian law and military intervention
Objections to the ethical principles and applications
Ethnic conflict in the Balkans 1992-1999 - a case study
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.