Ethics, Obligation, and the Responsibility to Protect - Contesting the Global Power Relations of Accountability

List of contents

Introduction 1. The Ambiguous Concept of Responsibility 2. Modes of Responsibility and International Relations Theory 3. Fields of Responsibility and the Performativity of Moral Argument 4. The Responsibility to Protect and the Reframing of Sovereignty 5. The Responsibility to Protect at the UN World Summit 6. The Politics of Responsibility and Balancing the R2P 7. R2P Norm ‘Competitors’ and Critical Norm Translation 8. Debating the Responsibility to Protect 9. The Responsibility to Protect and the Reframing of Sovereignty

About the author

Mark Busser is currently Assistant Professor in Political Science at McMaster University, Canada.

Summary

This book critically examines arguments about ‘obligation’ and ‘responsibility’ in relation to the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) and situates it within wider moral argumentation concerning the role of culpability, answerability, and human rights in international affairs.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Busser, Mark (Mcmaster University Busser
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367728588
• ISBN: 978-0-367-72858-8
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Global Politics and the Responsibility to Protect
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intergovernmental Organizations, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Politics & government, Politics and government, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution