War As Protection and Punishment - Armed International Intervention At the ''End of History

This book provides an analysis of how penal discourses are used to legitimate post-Cold-War military interventions through three main case studies: Kosovo, Iraq and Libya.

Sommario

Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
1 - Introduction
PART I: Discourses
2 - Justifying liberal military interventions at the 'end of history': from humanitarian compulsion to collective responsibility
PART II: Practices
3 - The case of Kosovo: from humanitarian compulsion to state-building
4 - The case of Iraq: punitive emotions and the branding of the enemy's flesh
5 - The case of Libya: from the collective responsibility to protect to devolved surveillance
6 - Conclusion
Index

Info autore

Teresa Degenhardt is a criminologist who teaches at Queen's University Belfast. She works at the intersection between criminology and international relations, focusing on issues related to processes of criminalization within the international sphere. She has been a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, the Hamburg Institute for Social Research and the University of Turin.

Riassunto

This book provides an analysis of how penal discourses are used to legitimate post-Cold-War military interventions through three main case studies: Kosovo, Iraq and Libya.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Teresa Degenhardt, Teresa (Queens University Degenhardt, Degenhardt Teresa
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032563190
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3256319-0
• Pagine: 178
• Serie: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Sociology, Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, International Relations, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Legal aspects of criminology, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Human rights, civil rights, Sentencing & punishment, Sentencing and punishment, Criminal justice law, Criminology: legal aspects