Contemporary States of Emergency: The Politics of Military and Humanitarian Interventions

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The new form of "humanitarian government" emerging from natural disasters and military occupations that reduces people to mere lives to be rescued.

From natural disaster areas to zones of political conflict around the world, a new logic of intervention combines military action and humanitarian aid, conflates moral imperatives and political arguments, and confuses the concepts of legitimacy and legality. The mandate to protect human...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1935408011

ISBN13:9781935408017

Release Date:February 2013

Publisher:Zone Books

Length:408 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Cultural National & International Security Non-Governmental Organizations Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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