Humanisation of Global Politics - International Criminal Law, the Responsibility to Protect, and Drones

List of contents

Part I. The humanisation of global politics: Part II. Humanisation in IR theory and international law: Part III. The social construction of the individual human being - A conceptual and a theoretical framework: Part IV. Guilty and innocent: the individual human being in international criminal law: Part V. Heuristics and positions: a framework for analysing discourses of humanisation: Part VI. Protecting the individual human being from mass atrocities: Part VII. Killing the individual human being via drones: Part VIII. The individual human being as a theoretical category - A conclusion and an outlook.

About the author

Sassan Gholiagha holds a PhD (summa cum laude) from the University of Hamburg. Having worked at the University of Hamburg, the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, and the Institute for International Relations at the Technical University Braunschweig, he currently is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the European New School of Digital Studies (European University Viadrina), Frankfurt/Oder (Germany).

Summary

The book is of interest to scholars and students of International Relations and International Law who want to understand better how global politics has moved beyond the state. It offers in-depth case studies on international criminal law, the Responsibility to Protect, and drone strikes, using an interdisciplinary and interpretative approach.

Product details

• Authors: Sassan Gholiagha
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781108830140
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83014-0
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Studies on International Courts and Tribunals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, LAW / International, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, International Relations, International Law, Politics & government, Political structures: democracy, Feminism & feminist theory, Politics and government, Ethical issues & debates, Feminism and feminist theory, Ethical issues and debates, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies and movements