The responsibility to protect : a critical analysis

The responsibility to protect : a critical analysis

01 Jan 2010-

About: The article was published on 2010-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Responsibility to protect.

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A Textbook of International Law.

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Richard A. Falk, Satyavrata R. Patel

01 Jan 1966-American Journal of International Law

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Caught in the Crossfire “Innocent Bystanders” as Optimal Targets of Economic Sanctions

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Solomon Major¹, Anthony J. McGann•Institutions (1)

Stanford University¹

01 Jun 2005-Journal of Conflict Resolution

TL;DR: The authors argue that the focus on groups' aggregate budget constraint and the war-of-attrition view of policy formation misconceives of how policies are determined, and that the most effective groups to sanction will be those whose spending has the greatest marginal effect on policy.

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Abstract: Current sanctions orthodoxy argues that groups' ability to set policy depends on their total budget. According to such a perspective, successful sanctions must target the unfriendly within the target countries while shielding "innocent bystanders" from harm. The authors argue that the focus on groups' aggregate budget constraint and the war-of-attrition view of policy formation misconceives of how policies are determined. The most effective groups to sanction will be those whose spending has the greatest marginal effect on policy. The authors show that this will often be the very innocent bystanders that prevailing theories have argued must be protected. Although this conclusion is conditional on their level of institutional empowerment and their having sufficient resources to make an impact on policy if properly motivated, when these initial conditions are met, a sanctions design can be specified with a high degree of prospective utility for sender states.

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The Thin Blue Line: How Humanitarianism Went to War

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Conor Foley

17 Oct 2008

TL;DR: Foley explores how the doctrine of humanitarian intervention has been used to allow states to invade other nations in the name of human rights as discussed by the authors, drawing on his own experience of working in over a dozen conflict and post-conflict zones.

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Abstract: The idea that we should "do something" to help those suffering in far-off places is the main impulse driving those who care about human rights Yet, from Kosovo to Iraq, military interventions have gone disastrously wrong In this groundbreaking new book, Conor Foley explores how the doctrine of humanitarian intervention has been used to allow states to invade other nations in the name of human rightsDrawing on his own experience of working in over a dozen conflict and post-conflict zones, Foley shows how the growing influence of international law has been used to override the sovereignty of the poorest countries in the world "The Thin Blue Line" describes how, in the last twenty years, humanitarianism has emerged as a multibillion dollar industry that has played a leading role in defining humanitarian crises, and shaping the foreign policy of Western governments and the United Nations Yet, too often, this has been informed by myths and assumptions that rest on ill-informed post-imperial arrogance Movements set up to show solidarity with the powerless and dispossessed have ended up betraying them instead

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Depreciating African Political Culture

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Helen Lauer¹•Institutions (1)

University of Ghana¹

19 Mar 2007-Journal of Black Studies

TL;DR: The global arena is dominated by the popular conviction that Africans require foreign direction in the socioeconomic management of their own societies as discussed by the authors, and this essay challenges the belief that Africa requires foreign direction.

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Abstract: The global arena is dominated by the popular conviction that Africans require foreign direction in the socioeconomic management of their own societies. This essay challenges the belief that economi...

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"The responsibility to protect : a c..." refers background in this paper

...…is the ultimate key to achieving the goal of creating nonmistakable culturally independent assets, thereby fighting poverty and failure in political leadership might be true for a western developed country, can however remain far from reality in developing countries (Lauer, 2007, p. 296)....
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Politics and society in the developing world

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Peter Calvert, Susan Calvert

03 Jun 2014

TL;DR: The third edition of the Third World or Developing World was published in 2003 as discussed by the authors, with a focus on the infrastructure of the developing world and the crisis of the developed world.

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Abstract: List of tables, figures and maps List of plates Preface to the third edition List of abbreviations PART 1 THE DEVELOPING WORLD 1 Third World or developing world? 2 The infrastructure of the developing world 3 The crisis of the developing world PART II ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONTEXTS 4 The economic context 5 The social context 6 The international context PART III POLITICS OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD 7 State-building 8 Dictatorship and democratisation PART IV POLICY ISSUES 9 Policy Issues 10 Conclusion References Index

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"The responsibility to protect : a c..." refers background in this paper

...…and national institutions, as well as the acceleration of economic growth, the reduction of inequality, and the eradication of poverty” (Calvert & Calvert, 2007, p. 3) – its ideals have more often than not discharged in the rich getting richer and the poor remaining in a state of utter…...
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...…the foundations of democracy, a political structure that should help counteract terrorism (Rogers, 2007), thereby neglecting the fact that cultural differences do not provide for the fostering of a political reality in the spirit of western political systems (Calvert & Calvert, 2007, pp. 300- 301)....
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Journal Article•DOI•

A Textbook of International Law.

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Richard A. Falk, Satyavrata R. Patel

01 Jan 1966-American Journal of International Law

30 citations

"The responsibility to protect : a c..." refers background in this paper

...The right of humanitarian intervention requires certain guidelines such as the authorization by a “competent international organisation and that the use of armed force is legitimate only in cases of extreme deprivation of fundamental human rights, such as genocide” (Dixon, 2007, p. 324)....
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...This aid is deployed in the perception that State A can militarily intervene in State B’s domestic affairs, without B’s consent, if State B does fail to protect its population from the aforementioned atrocious circumstances (Dixon, 2007, p. 323)....
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